Oued Awlitis 003 is a brecciated LL6 meteorite of 1141 grams.
It was discovered in 2011 near the village of Lemluia in the Western Sahara.
Other meteorites have been found in the same area, a lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001 and a carbonaceous type CV3 meteorite Oued Awlitis 002.
This is a very rich area where other meteorites will be found.
Oued Awlitis 003 is a brecciated LL6 meteorite of 1141 grams.
It was discovered in 2011 near the village of Lemluia in the Western Sahara.
Other meteorites have been found in the same area, a lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001 and a carbonaceous type CV3 meteorite Oued Awlitis 002.
This is a very rich area where other meteorites will be found.
Oued Awlitis 003 is a brecciated LL6 meteorite of 1141 grams.
It was discovered in 2011 near the village of Lemluia in the Western Sahara.
Other meteorites have been found in the same area, a lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001 and a carbonaceous type CV3 meteorite Oued Awlitis 002.
This is a very rich area where other meteorites will be found.
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The Orcunama meteorite fell in the Philippines in 2011.
It has been classified chondrite type H3-4.
A single stone of 7800 g covered with a dark fusion crust was discovered.
On the clear and sunny morning of March 7, 2011, three farmers (Fredo Manzano, Edgar Francisco Senior and Enrico Camacho Junior) in Orconuma, Bongabonga, Philippines were clearing their field when they were startled by six consecutive loud explosions. The sound of the explosions seemed to last for half a minute. At first they thought it was thunder because the ground was shaking. As they looked up to the sky, they saw a “burning red object with sparks coming out of it”, leaving a thick trail of smoke and making a characteristic hissing sound before it hit the ground. By their own admission, the farmers initially thought it was a bomb and considered that it might be “the end of the world.” They remember that the birds flew away immediately at the sound of the explosions. They went to look, and less than 10 meters away, they found a hole in the ground, surrounded by stirred up dirt and what looked like burnt grass. Inside the hole, about 1 m deep, they saw a stone object and, lacking tools, they used a piece of wood lying nearby and their bare hands to dig it up. Not knowing what this strange stone was, they started asking around, and showing the stone to the locals, but then they were afraid someone would try to take it from them. This fear led them to wrap it in a sealed plastic container before burying it underground for a year. They finally decided that no one would come looking for it, so they dug up the stone and stored it in Fredo Manzano’s closet for the next 8 years. In 2020, they were interviewed for a local TV newscast (later posted on YouTube with over 5 million views), and during the filming, the stone was visually examined by geologist Jocelyn Villanueva, who concluded that it might be a type of basaltic volcanic rock. The farmers, however, remained convinced that it could be a meteorite and hired Ramelle Baquil Ramirez to help them find a buyer. Subsequently in April 2021, with the assistance of an experienced tektite dealer (Carmelita Cepe), the stone was acquired jointly by John Higgins and Jasper Spencer.
The Orcunama meteorite fell in the Philippines in 2011.
It has been classified chondrite type H3-4.
A single stone of 7800 g covered with a dark fusion crust was discovered.
On the clear and sunny morning of March 7, 2011, three farmers (Fredo Manzano, Edgar Francisco Senior and Enrico Camacho Junior) in Orconuma, Bongabonga, Philippines were clearing their field when they were startled by six consecutive loud explosions. The sound of the explosions seemed to last for half a minute. At first they thought it was thunder because the ground was shaking. As they looked up to the sky, they saw a “burning red object with sparks coming out of it”, leaving a thick trail of smoke and making a characteristic hissing sound before it hit the ground. By their own admission, the farmers initially thought it was a bomb and considered that it might be “the end of the world.” They remember that the birds flew away immediately at the sound of the explosions. They went to look, and less than 10 meters away, they found a hole in the ground, surrounded by stirred up dirt and what looked like burnt grass. Inside the hole, about 1 m deep, they saw a stone object and, lacking tools, they used a piece of wood lying nearby and their bare hands to dig it up. Not knowing what this strange stone was, they started asking around, and showing the stone to the locals, but then they were afraid someone would try to take it from them. This fear led them to wrap it in a sealed plastic container before burying it underground for a year. They finally decided that no one would come looking for it, so they dug up the stone and stored it in Fredo Manzano’s closet for the next 8 years. In 2020, they were interviewed for a local TV newscast (later posted on YouTube with over 5 million views), and during the filming, the stone was visually examined by geologist Jocelyn Villanueva, who concluded that it might be a type of basaltic volcanic rock. The farmers, however, remained convinced that it could be a meteorite and hired Ramelle Baquil Ramirez to help them find a buyer. Subsequently in April 2021, with the assistance of an experienced tektite dealer (Carmelita Cepe), the stone was acquired jointly by John Higgins and Jasper Spencer.
The Orcunama meteorite fell in the Philippines in 2011.
It has been classified chondrite type H3-4.
A single stone of 7800 g covered with a dark fusion crust was discovered.
On the clear and sunny morning of March 7, 2011, three farmers (Fredo Manzano, Edgar Francisco Senior and Enrico Camacho Junior) in Orconuma, Bongabonga, Philippines were clearing their field when they were startled by six consecutive loud explosions. The sound of the explosions seemed to last for half a minute. At first they thought it was thunder because the ground was shaking. As they looked up to the sky, they saw a “burning red object with sparks coming out of it”, leaving a thick trail of smoke and making a characteristic hissing sound before it hit the ground. By their own admission, the farmers initially thought it was a bomb and considered that it might be “the end of the world.” They remember that the birds flew away immediately at the sound of the explosions. They went to look, and less than 10 meters away, they found a hole in the ground, surrounded by stirred up dirt and what looked like burnt grass. Inside the hole, about 1 m deep, they saw a stone object and, lacking tools, they used a piece of wood lying nearby and their bare hands to dig it up. Not knowing what this strange stone was, they started asking around, and showing the stone to the locals, but then they were afraid someone would try to take it from them. This fear led them to wrap it in a sealed plastic container before burying it underground for a year. They finally decided that no one would come looking for it, so they dug up the stone and stored it in Fredo Manzano’s closet for the next 8 years. In 2020, they were interviewed for a local TV newscast (later posted on YouTube with over 5 million views), and during the filming, the stone was visually examined by geologist Jocelyn Villanueva, who concluded that it might be a type of basaltic volcanic rock. The farmers, however, remained convinced that it could be a meteorite and hired Ramelle Baquil Ramirez to help them find a buyer. Subsequently in April 2021, with the assistance of an experienced tektite dealer (Carmelita Cepe), the stone was acquired jointly by John Higgins and Jasper Spencer.
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Sebkha el Melah 001 is a non brecciated Aubrite meteorite, discovered in Mali in 2022 in the region of Wad Alhath.
To date only 78 meteorites of this type have been classified.
It is a rare type of meteorite, difficult to find on the market.
The name Aubrites is linked to the fall of a meteorite in Aubres, France in 1836. They are composed mainly of orthopyroxene to enstatite.
This aubrite has one of the highest enstatite abundances ever reported (~98%). The enstatite, diopside and forsterite in this meteorite have some of the lowest iron contents (below the electron microprobe detection limits for major elements) ever documented in an Aubrite.
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Sebkha el Melah 001 is a non brecciated Aubrite meteorite, discovered in Mali in 2022 in the region of Wad Alhath.
To date only 78 meteorites of this type have been classified.
It is a rare type of meteorite, difficult to find on the market.
The name Aubrites is linked to the fall of a meteorite in Aubres, France in 1836. They are composed mainly of orthopyroxene to enstatite.
This aubrite has one of the highest enstatite abundances ever reported (~98%). The enstatite, diopside and forsterite in this meteorite have some of the lowest iron contents (below the electron microprobe detection limits for major elements) ever documented in an Aubrite.
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NWA 15364 is a very rare Martian meteorite of nakhlite type.
To date, only 31 meteorites of this type have been discovered.
A study has shown that nakhlites were imbued with liquid water about 620 million years ago and that they were ejected from Mars about 10.75 million years ago by an asteroid impact.
Martian meteorites are Martian rocks that were ejected from Mars by impacts and then fell to Earth as meteorites. The three best known types are shergottites (basaltic to lherzolitic igneous rocks, named after the Shergotty fall in India in 1865), nakhlites (clinopyroxenites or wehrlites, formed of cumulative rocks, and named after the fall of Nakhla, in Egypt, in 1911), and chassignites (cumulative dunitic rocks named after the fall of Chassigny, in France, in 1815).
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NWA 15364 is a very rare Martian meteorite of nakhlite type.
To date, only 31 meteorites of this type have been discovered.
A study has shown that nakhlites were imbued with liquid water about 620 million years ago and that they were ejected from Mars about 10.75 million years ago by an asteroid impact.
Martian meteorites are Martian rocks that were ejected from Mars by impacts and then fell to Earth as meteorites. The three best known types are shergottites (basaltic to lherzolitic igneous rocks, named after the Shergotty fall in India in 1865), nakhlites (clinopyroxenites or wehrlites, formed of cumulative rocks, and named after the fall of Nakhla, in Egypt, in 1911), and chassignites (cumulative dunitic rocks named after the fall of Chassigny, in France, in 1815).
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NWA 15364 is a very rare Martian meteorite of nakhlite type.
To date, only 31 meteorites of this type have been discovered.
A study has shown that nakhlites were imbued with liquid water about 620 million years ago and that they were ejected from Mars about 10.75 million years ago by an asteroid impact.
Martian meteorites are Martian rocks that were ejected from Mars by impacts and then fell to Earth as meteorites. The three best known types are shergottites (basaltic to lherzolitic igneous rocks, named after the Shergotty fall in India in 1865), nakhlites (clinopyroxenites or wehrlites, formed of cumulative rocks, and named after the fall of Nakhla, in Egypt, in 1911), and chassignites (cumulative dunitic rocks named after the fall of Chassigny, in France, in 1815).
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NWA 15364 is a very rare Martian meteorite of nakhlite type.
To date, only 31 meteorites of this type have been discovered.
A study has shown that nakhlites were imbued with liquid water about 620 million years ago and that they were ejected from Mars about 10.75 million years ago by an asteroid impact.
Martian meteorites are Martian rocks that were ejected from Mars by impacts and then fell to Earth as meteorites. The three best known types are shergottites (basaltic to lherzolitic igneous rocks, named after the Shergotty fall in India in 1865), nakhlites (clinopyroxenites or wehrlites, formed of cumulative rocks, and named after the fall of Nakhla, in Egypt, in 1911), and chassignites (cumulative dunitic rocks named after the fall of Chassigny, in France, in 1815).
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NWA 15364 is a very rare Martian meteorite of nakhlite type.
To date, only 31 meteorites of this type have been discovered.
A study has shown that nakhlites were imbued with liquid water about 620 million years ago and that they were ejected from Mars about 10.75 million years ago by an asteroid impact.
Martian meteorites are Martian rocks that were ejected from Mars by impacts and then fell to Earth as meteorites. The three best known types are shergottites (basaltic to lherzolitic igneous rocks, named after the Shergotty fall in India in 1865), nakhlites (clinopyroxenites or wehrlites, formed of cumulative rocks, and named after the fall of Nakhla, in Egypt, in 1911), and chassignites (cumulative dunitic rocks named after the fall of Chassigny, in France, in 1815).
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Zagora 007 is an ordinary chondrite of type H4. It was found by Salem Ouarkia in 2019 in the Zagora region of Morocco.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Zagora 007 30°06’32.1″N, 5°13’59.1″W
Morocco
Find: 2019 Jun
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)
History: Found by Salem Ouarkia in June 2019. Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2021.
Physical characteristics: Brown stones without fusion crust.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with well-defined packed chondrules.
Geochemistry: Plagioclase An23.6Ab73.8Or2.6 (n=1)
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
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Zagora 007 is an ordinary chondrite of type H4. It was found by Salem Ouarkia in 2019 in the Zagora region of Morocco.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Zagora 007 30°06’32.1″N, 5°13’59.1″W
Morocco
Find: 2019 Jun
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)
History: Found by Salem Ouarkia in June 2019. Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2021.
Physical characteristics: Brown stones without fusion crust.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with well-defined packed chondrules.
Geochemistry: Plagioclase An23.6Ab73.8Or2.6 (n=1)
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
Zagora 007 is an ordinary chondrite of type H4. It was found by Salem Ouarkia in 2019 in the Zagora region of Morocco.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Zagora 007 30°06’32.1″N, 5°13’59.1″W
Morocco
Find: 2019 Jun
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)
History: Found by Salem Ouarkia in June 2019. Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2021.
Physical characteristics: Brown stones without fusion crust.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with well-defined packed chondrules.
Geochemistry: Plagioclase An23.6Ab73.8Or2.6 (n=1)
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
Zagora 007 is an ordinary chondrite of type H4. It was found by Salem Ouarkia in 2019 in the Zagora region of Morocco.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Zagora 007 30°06’32.1″N, 5°13’59.1″W
Morocco
Find: 2019 Jun
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)
History: Found by Salem Ouarkia in June 2019. Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2021.
Physical characteristics: Brown stones without fusion crust.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with well-defined packed chondrules.
Geochemistry: Plagioclase An23.6Ab73.8Or2.6 (n=1)
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
Zagora 007 is an ordinary chondrite of type H4. It was found by Salem Ouarkia in 2019 in the Zagora region of Morocco.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Zagora 007 30°06’32.1″N, 5°13’59.1″W
Morocco
Find: 2019 Jun
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)
History: Found by Salem Ouarkia in June 2019. Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2021.
Physical characteristics: Brown stones without fusion crust.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with well-defined packed chondrules.
Geochemistry: Plagioclase An23.6Ab73.8Or2.6 (n=1)
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4)
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.