On Saturday March 11, 2023, at around 10:30 local time, several eyewitnesses from Algeria and Mauritania reported seeing a bright fireball approaching from north to south at a relatively high speed and with a shallow angle of entry.
Residents of the Algerian town of El Menia reported hearing a sonic boom followed by stones hitting the ground.
The total known weight is estimated at around 75 kg.
On Saturday March 11, 2023, at around 10:30 local time, several eyewitnesses from Algeria and Mauritania reported seeing a bright fireball approaching from north to south at a relatively high speed and with a shallow angle of entry.
Residents of the Algerian town of El Menia reported hearing a sonic boom followed by stones hitting the ground.
The total known weight is estimated at around 75 kg.
On Saturday March 11, 2023, at around 10:30 local time, several eyewitnesses from Algeria and Mauritania reported seeing a bright fireball approaching from north to south at a relatively high speed and with a shallow angle of entry.
Residents of the Algerian town of El Menia reported hearing a sonic boom followed by stones hitting the ground.
The total known weight is estimated at around 75 kg.
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On Saturday March 11, 2023, at around 10:30 local time, several eyewitnesses from Algeria and Mauritania reported seeing a bright fireball approaching from north to south at a relatively high speed and with a shallow angle of entry.
Residents of the Algerian town of El Menia reported hearing a sonic boom followed by stones hitting the ground.
The total known weight is estimated at around 75 kg.
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On Saturday March 11, 2023, at around 10:30 local time, several eyewitnesses from Algeria and Mauritania reported seeing a bright fireball approaching from north to south at a relatively high speed and with a shallow angle of entry.
Residents of the Algerian town of El Menia reported hearing a sonic boom followed by stones hitting the ground.
The total known weight is estimated at around 75 kg.
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In a clear sky, a fireball, followed by a trail of smoke was seen over Havana, Cuba, and then fell to the ground in a shower of fragments in the Vinales Valley, 180 km from the capital, in the west of the country… Falling around 1:30 pm local time, on February 1, without causing any casualties, the fall of the meteorite was accompanied by a lightning bolt and a strong explosion. This meteorite was classified as an ordinary chondrite type L6, about 50 kg of this meteorite were found.
In a clear sky, a fireball, followed by a trail of smoke was seen over Havana, Cuba, and then fell to the ground in a shower of fragments in the Vinales Valley, 180 km from the capital, in the west of the country… Falling around 1:30 pm local time, on February 1, without causing any casualties, the fall of the meteorite was accompanied by a lightning bolt and a strong explosion. This meteorite was classified as an ordinary chondrite type L6, about 50 kg of this meteorite were found.
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NWA 15990 is a meteorite weighing just 42 grams.
This meteorite has been classified as a type H6 chondrite by Jérôme Gattacceca, a scientist at Cerege in Aix-en-Provence.
I sell the main mass, it’s a chance to have a unique piece at a low price.
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Zagora 009 is a meteorite weighing just 36 grams discovered in Morocco in 2021 by Yidir Oubedda in the Mird Tadrart area.
This meteorite has been classified chondrite type L6 by Jérôme Gattacceca scientist at Cerege in Aix-en-Provence.
I sell the main mass, it’s a chance to have a unique piece at a low price.
Zagora 012 is a rare brecciated LL7-type meteorite weighing 197g. It was discovered in Morocco in 2022 by Lahcen Hassou in the Ksar Ait Gazou area.
The special feature of this meteorite is its dark clasts measuring up to 7X4 mm.
Writeup from MB 112:
Zagora 012 30°02’49.2″N, 5°28’55.3″W
South, Morocco
Purchased: 2022
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL7)
History: Found by Lahcen Hassou in the Ksar Ait Gazou area in Morocco. Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2022.
Physical characteristics: Brown partially crusted stone.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Brecciated recrystallized chondrite, with mm-sized clasts (to 4 mm) set in a clastic matrix. Abundant triple junctions. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite.
Geochemistry: Olivine Fa31.76 (n=1). Orthopyroxene Fs25.36±0.16Wo2.12±0.12 (n=3). Ca-pyroxene Fs10.9Wo43.7 (n=1).
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL7, brecciated)
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
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Zagora 012 is a rare brecciated LL7-type meteorite weighing 197g. It was discovered in Morocco in 2022 by Lahcen Hassou in the Ksar Ait Gazou area.
The special feature of this meteorite is its dark clasts measuring up to 7X4 mm.
Writeup from MB 112:
Zagora 012 30°02’49.2″N, 5°28’55.3″W
South, Morocco
Purchased: 2022
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL7)
History: Found by Lahcen Hassou in the Ksar Ait Gazou area in Morocco. Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2022.
Physical characteristics: Brown partially crusted stone.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Brecciated recrystallized chondrite, with mm-sized clasts (to 4 mm) set in a clastic matrix. Abundant triple junctions. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite.
Geochemistry: Olivine Fa31.76 (n=1). Orthopyroxene Fs25.36±0.16Wo2.12±0.12 (n=3). Ca-pyroxene Fs10.9Wo43.7 (n=1).
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL7, brecciated)
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.