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Esquel is part of the pallasite group.
This meteorite was discovered in Argentina in Patagonia in 1951.
Esquel is certainly one of the most beautiful pallasites in the world and is not subject to oxidation like some other pallasites.
Pallasites are certainly the most aesthetic group of meteorites that we know.
A very nice acquisition for your collection !
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Aydar 006 is an ordinary chondrite of type H3. It was found in a concentration area called Aydar by Lahsen Oussalah in 2019. 6 pieces for a total of 1020 g were discovered at 8.69 km south west of Lebouirat.
This is the 6th classified meteorite discovered in this area.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Aydar 006 27°54.58833’N , 10°10.86167’W
South, Morocco
Find: 2019
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)
History: Lahsen Oussalah found the 6 samples weighing a total of 1020 g 8.69km SW of Lebouirat, Morocco, in 2019. Jean Redelsperger purchase the samples from Mohamed El Guirah in Zagora in 2020.
Physical characteristics: Samples have wind-blown surfaces devoid of fusion crust, are brown in color, rounded-irregular in shape. A cut face shows the interior contains abundant well-formed, close-packed chondrules, FeNi metal and FeS.
Petrography: Classification and Description (A. Love, App) Sample shows chondritic texture composed of abundant chondrules an average apparent diameter of 390 µm (n=58). Additional minerals are: chromite, FeNi metal (8.6 vol%), troilite and apatite.
Geochemistry: (A. Love, App) Olivine (Fa17.1±7.4, Fe/Mn=57.3±48.3, n=17), low Ca pyroxene (Fs12.6±8.2Wo1.1±1.1, Fe/Mn=24.7±10.8, n=13).
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3, C-S2, W2) Chondrule diameters, unequilibrated mineral compositions and metal abundance suggest sample is an H3 chondrite.
Specimens: Jean Redelsperger holds the main masses. An endcut weighing 20.90g and a polished mount are on deposit at App.
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Aydar 006 is an ordinary chondrite of type H3. It was found in a concentration area called Aydar by Lahsen Oussalah in 2019. 6 pieces for a total of 1020 g were discovered at 8.69 km south west of Lebouirat.
This is the 6th classified meteorite discovered in this area.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Aydar 006 27°54.58833’N , 10°10.86167’W
South, Morocco
Find: 2019
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)
History: Lahsen Oussalah found the 6 samples weighing a total of 1020 g 8.69km SW of Lebouirat, Morocco, in 2019. Jean Redelsperger purchase the samples from Mohamed El Guirah in Zagora in 2020.
Physical characteristics: Samples have wind-blown surfaces devoid of fusion crust, are brown in color, rounded-irregular in shape. A cut face shows the interior contains abundant well-formed, close-packed chondrules, FeNi metal and FeS.
Petrography: Classification and Description (A. Love, App) Sample shows chondritic texture composed of abundant chondrules an average apparent diameter of 390 µm (n=58). Additional minerals are: chromite, FeNi metal (8.6 vol%), troilite and apatite.
Geochemistry: (A. Love, App) Olivine (Fa17.1±7.4, Fe/Mn=57.3±48.3, n=17), low Ca pyroxene (Fs12.6±8.2Wo1.1±1.1, Fe/Mn=24.7±10.8, n=13).
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3, C-S2, W2) Chondrule diameters, unequilibrated mineral compositions and metal abundance suggest sample is an H3 chondrite.
Specimens: Jean Redelsperger holds the main masses. An endcut weighing 20.90g and a polished mount are on deposit at App.
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Aydar 006 is an ordinary chondrite of type H3. It was found in a concentration area called Aydar by Lahsen Oussalah in 2019. 6 pieces for a total of 1020 g were discovered at 8.69 km south west of Lebouirat.
This is the 6th classified meteorite discovered in this area.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Aydar 006 27°54.58833’N , 10°10.86167’W
South, Morocco
Find: 2019
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)
History: Lahsen Oussalah found the 6 samples weighing a total of 1020 g 8.69km SW of Lebouirat, Morocco, in 2019. Jean Redelsperger purchase the samples from Mohamed El Guirah in Zagora in 2020.
Physical characteristics: Samples have wind-blown surfaces devoid of fusion crust, are brown in color, rounded-irregular in shape. A cut face shows the interior contains abundant well-formed, close-packed chondrules, FeNi metal and FeS.
Petrography: Classification and Description (A. Love, App) Sample shows chondritic texture composed of abundant chondrules an average apparent diameter of 390 µm (n=58). Additional minerals are: chromite, FeNi metal (8.6 vol%), troilite and apatite.
Geochemistry: (A. Love, App) Olivine (Fa17.1±7.4, Fe/Mn=57.3±48.3, n=17), low Ca pyroxene (Fs12.6±8.2Wo1.1±1.1, Fe/Mn=24.7±10.8, n=13).
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3, C-S2, W2) Chondrule diameters, unequilibrated mineral compositions and metal abundance suggest sample is an H3 chondrite.
Specimens: Jean Redelsperger holds the main masses. An endcut weighing 20.90g and a polished mount are on deposit at App.
Aydar 006 is an ordinary chondrite of type H3. It was found in a concentration area called Aydar by Lahsen Oussalah in 2019. 6 pieces for a total of 1020 g were discovered at 8.69 km south west of Lebouirat.
This is the 6th classified meteorite discovered in this area.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Aydar 006 27°54.58833’N , 10°10.86167’W
South, Morocco
Find: 2019
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)
History: Lahsen Oussalah found the 6 samples weighing a total of 1020 g 8.69km SW of Lebouirat, Morocco, in 2019. Jean Redelsperger purchase the samples from Mohamed El Guirah in Zagora in 2020.
Physical characteristics: Samples have wind-blown surfaces devoid of fusion crust, are brown in color, rounded-irregular in shape. A cut face shows the interior contains abundant well-formed, close-packed chondrules, FeNi metal and FeS.
Petrography: Classification and Description (A. Love, App) Sample shows chondritic texture composed of abundant chondrules an average apparent diameter of 390 µm (n=58). Additional minerals are: chromite, FeNi metal (8.6 vol%), troilite and apatite.
Geochemistry: (A. Love, App) Olivine (Fa17.1±7.4, Fe/Mn=57.3±48.3, n=17), low Ca pyroxene (Fs12.6±8.2Wo1.1±1.1, Fe/Mn=24.7±10.8, n=13).
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3, C-S2, W2) Chondrule diameters, unequilibrated mineral compositions and metal abundance suggest sample is an H3 chondrite.
Specimens: Jean Redelsperger holds the main masses. An endcut weighing 20.90g and a polished mount are on deposit at App.
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Aydar 006 is an ordinary chondrite of type H3. It was found in a concentration area called Aydar by Lahsen Oussalah in 2019. 6 pieces for a total of 1020 g were discovered at 8.69 km south west of Lebouirat.
This is the 6th classified meteorite discovered in this area.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Aydar 006 27°54.58833’N , 10°10.86167’W
South, Morocco
Find: 2019
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)
History: Lahsen Oussalah found the 6 samples weighing a total of 1020 g 8.69km SW of Lebouirat, Morocco, in 2019. Jean Redelsperger purchase the samples from Mohamed El Guirah in Zagora in 2020.
Physical characteristics: Samples have wind-blown surfaces devoid of fusion crust, are brown in color, rounded-irregular in shape. A cut face shows the interior contains abundant well-formed, close-packed chondrules, FeNi metal and FeS.
Petrography: Classification and Description (A. Love, App) Sample shows chondritic texture composed of abundant chondrules an average apparent diameter of 390 µm (n=58). Additional minerals are: chromite, FeNi metal (8.6 vol%), troilite and apatite.
Geochemistry: (A. Love, App) Olivine (Fa17.1±7.4, Fe/Mn=57.3±48.3, n=17), low Ca pyroxene (Fs12.6±8.2Wo1.1±1.1, Fe/Mn=24.7±10.8, n=13).
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3, C-S2, W2) Chondrule diameters, unequilibrated mineral compositions and metal abundance suggest sample is an H3 chondrite.
Specimens: Jean Redelsperger holds the main masses. An endcut weighing 20.90g and a polished mount are on deposit at App.
Aydar 006 is an ordinary chondrite of type H3. It was found in a concentration area called Aydar by Lahsen Oussalah in 2019. 6 pieces for a total of 1020 g were discovered at 8.69 km south west of Lebouirat.
This is the 6th classified meteorite discovered in this area.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Aydar 006 27°54.58833’N , 10°10.86167’W
South, Morocco
Find: 2019
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)
History: Lahsen Oussalah found the 6 samples weighing a total of 1020 g 8.69km SW of Lebouirat, Morocco, in 2019. Jean Redelsperger purchase the samples from Mohamed El Guirah in Zagora in 2020.
Physical characteristics: Samples have wind-blown surfaces devoid of fusion crust, are brown in color, rounded-irregular in shape. A cut face shows the interior contains abundant well-formed, close-packed chondrules, FeNi metal and FeS.
Petrography: Classification and Description (A. Love, App) Sample shows chondritic texture composed of abundant chondrules an average apparent diameter of 390 µm (n=58). Additional minerals are: chromite, FeNi metal (8.6 vol%), troilite and apatite.
Geochemistry: (A. Love, App) Olivine (Fa17.1±7.4, Fe/Mn=57.3±48.3, n=17), low Ca pyroxene (Fs12.6±8.2Wo1.1±1.1, Fe/Mn=24.7±10.8, n=13).
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3, C-S2, W2) Chondrule diameters, unequilibrated mineral compositions and metal abundance suggest sample is an H3 chondrite.
Specimens: Jean Redelsperger holds the main masses. An endcut weighing 20.90g and a polished mount are on deposit at App.
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Aydar 006 is an ordinary chondrite of type H3. It was found in a concentration area called Aydar by Lahsen Oussalah in 2019. 6 pieces for a total of 1020 g were discovered at 8.69 km south west of Lebouirat.
This is the 6th classified meteorite discovered in this area.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Aydar 006 27°54.58833’N , 10°10.86167’W
South, Morocco
Find: 2019
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3)
History: Lahsen Oussalah found the 6 samples weighing a total of 1020 g 8.69km SW of Lebouirat, Morocco, in 2019. Jean Redelsperger purchase the samples from Mohamed El Guirah in Zagora in 2020.
Physical characteristics: Samples have wind-blown surfaces devoid of fusion crust, are brown in color, rounded-irregular in shape. A cut face shows the interior contains abundant well-formed, close-packed chondrules, FeNi metal and FeS.
Petrography: Classification and Description (A. Love, App) Sample shows chondritic texture composed of abundant chondrules an average apparent diameter of 390 µm (n=58). Additional minerals are: chromite, FeNi metal (8.6 vol%), troilite and apatite.
Geochemistry: (A. Love, App) Olivine (Fa17.1±7.4, Fe/Mn=57.3±48.3, n=17), low Ca pyroxene (Fs12.6±8.2Wo1.1±1.1, Fe/Mn=24.7±10.8, n=13).
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3, C-S2, W2) Chondrule diameters, unequilibrated mineral compositions and metal abundance suggest sample is an H3 chondrite.
Specimens: Jean Redelsperger holds the main masses. An endcut weighing 20.90g and a polished mount are on deposit at App.
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Zagora 003 is a fresh meteorite classified as eucrite of only 135 grams.
It was discovered near Zagora in Morocco by Ahmed Enaji on September 13, 2020.
The eucrites come from the Asteroid Vesta.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Zagora 003 30°20’51.94″N, 5°36’41.79″W
Morocco
Find: 2020 Sep 13
Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)
History: Found by Ahmed Enaji on September 13, 2020. Bought from Zaid Oualguirah in 2020.
Physical characteristics: Several fusion crusted pieces with grey interior.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Igneous rock with grain size about 500 µm. It contains melt rock areas, and other areas with variolitic texture. Main minerals are pyroxene and plagioclase. Other minerals: metal, troilite, chromite.
Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene Fs34.1±0.8Wo5.7±1.1, FeO/MnO = 28.6±2.4 (n=4). Plagioclase An93.3±0.6Ab6.4±0.6Or0.3±0.1 (n=5). Chromite Cr# = 0.78 (n=1).
Classification: Achondrite (eucrite).
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
Zagora 003 is a fresh meteorite classified as eucrite of only 135 grams.
It was discovered near Zagora in Morocco by Ahmed Enaji on September 13, 2020.
The eucrites come from the Asteroid Vesta.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Zagora 003 30°20’51.94″N, 5°36’41.79″W
Morocco
Find: 2020 Sep 13
Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)
History: Found by Ahmed Enaji on September 13, 2020. Bought from Zaid Oualguirah in 2020.
Physical characteristics: Several fusion crusted pieces with grey interior.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Igneous rock with grain size about 500 µm. It contains melt rock areas, and other areas with variolitic texture. Main minerals are pyroxene and plagioclase. Other minerals: metal, troilite, chromite.
Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene Fs34.1±0.8Wo5.7±1.1, FeO/MnO = 28.6±2.4 (n=4). Plagioclase An93.3±0.6Ab6.4±0.6Or0.3±0.1 (n=5). Chromite Cr# = 0.78 (n=1).
Classification: Achondrite (eucrite).
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
Zagora 003 is a fresh meteorite classified as eucrite of only 135 grams.
It was discovered near Zagora in Morocco by Ahmed Enaji on September 13, 2020.
The eucrites come from the Asteroid Vesta.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Zagora 003 30°20’51.94″N, 5°36’41.79″W
Morocco
Find: 2020 Sep 13
Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)
History: Found by Ahmed Enaji on September 13, 2020. Bought from Zaid Oualguirah in 2020.
Physical characteristics: Several fusion crusted pieces with grey interior.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Igneous rock with grain size about 500 µm. It contains melt rock areas, and other areas with variolitic texture. Main minerals are pyroxene and plagioclase. Other minerals: metal, troilite, chromite.
Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene Fs34.1±0.8Wo5.7±1.1, FeO/MnO = 28.6±2.4 (n=4). Plagioclase An93.3±0.6Ab6.4±0.6Or0.3±0.1 (n=5). Chromite Cr# = 0.78 (n=1).
Classification: Achondrite (eucrite).
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
Zagora 003 is a fresh meteorite classified as eucrite of only 135 grams.
It was discovered near Zagora in Morocco by Ahmed Enaji on September 13, 2020.
The eucrites come from the Asteroid Vesta.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Zagora 003 30°20’51.94″N, 5°36’41.79″W
Morocco
Find: 2020 Sep 13
Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)
History: Found by Ahmed Enaji on September 13, 2020. Bought from Zaid Oualguirah in 2020.
Physical characteristics: Several fusion crusted pieces with grey interior.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Igneous rock with grain size about 500 µm. It contains melt rock areas, and other areas with variolitic texture. Main minerals are pyroxene and plagioclase. Other minerals: metal, troilite, chromite.
Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene Fs34.1±0.8Wo5.7±1.1, FeO/MnO = 28.6±2.4 (n=4). Plagioclase An93.3±0.6Ab6.4±0.6Or0.3±0.1 (n=5). Chromite Cr# = 0.78 (n=1).
Classification: Achondrite (eucrite).
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
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El Blida 006 is an oriented meteorite of 97 grams of type LL7. It was discovered near Zagora in Morocco in 2020 by Ahmed Najii.
It is a strongly crystallized brecciated meteorite with a beautiful fusion crust.
I sell the main mass of 74 grams, the rest was used for the classification, so it is a unique piece !
Writeup from MB 110 :
El Blida 006 29°51’32.98″N, 5°58’38.53″W
Morocco
Find: 2020
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL7)
History: Found by Ahmed Najii in 2020. Bought from Zaid Oualguirah in 2020 by Jean Redelsperger.
Physical characteristics: One oriented fully crusted stone.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Highly recrystallized brecciated chondrite. Lithic clasts show triple junction, plagioclase to 200 µm, and only rare relict chondrules. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite.
Geochemistry: Olivine Fa30.6 (n=1). Orthopyroxene Fs25.9±0.1Wo2.1±0.1 (n=3).
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL7, brecciated). Type 7 based on the Wo content of orthopyroxene and the texture.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
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Nwa 13486 is a rare meteorite from Mars of only 21 grams.
This meteorite discovered in Algeria has been classified as a shergottite.
Writeup from MB 109:
Northwest Africa 13486 (NWA 13486)
Algeria
Find: 2019
Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite)
Physical characteristics: Light grey relatively coarse crystalline rock.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Igneous rock with doleritic texture. Main minerals are zoned pyroxene and maskelynite, with grain size ~500 μm. Other minerals: silica polymorph (100 μm), Fe-Ti oxides (100 μm).
Geochemistry: Pyroxene Fs38.4±11.4Wo19.1±7.3, FeO/MnO = 32.6±3.4 (n=6). Plagioclase An61.3Ab38.3Or0.4 (n=2).
Classification: Achondrite (shergottite).
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with J. Bassemon.
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Nwa 13486 is a rare meteorite from Mars of only 21 grams.
This meteorite discovered in Algeria has been classified as a shergottite.
Writeup from MB 109:
Northwest Africa 13486 (NWA 13486)
Algeria
Find: 2019
Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite)
Physical characteristics: Light grey relatively coarse crystalline rock.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Igneous rock with doleritic texture. Main minerals are zoned pyroxene and maskelynite, with grain size ~500 μm. Other minerals: silica polymorph (100 μm), Fe-Ti oxides (100 μm).
Geochemistry: Pyroxene Fs38.4±11.4Wo19.1±7.3, FeO/MnO = 32.6±3.4 (n=6). Plagioclase An61.3Ab38.3Or0.4 (n=2).
Classification: Achondrite (shergottite).
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with J. Bassemon.
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Nwa 13486 is a rare meteorite from Mars of only 21 grams.
This meteorite discovered in Algeria has been classified as a shergottite.
Writeup from MB 109:
Northwest Africa 13486 (NWA 13486)
Algeria
Find: 2019
Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite)
Physical characteristics: Light grey relatively coarse crystalline rock.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Igneous rock with doleritic texture. Main minerals are zoned pyroxene and maskelynite, with grain size ~500 μm. Other minerals: silica polymorph (100 μm), Fe-Ti oxides (100 μm).
Geochemistry: Pyroxene Fs38.4±11.4Wo19.1±7.3, FeO/MnO = 32.6±3.4 (n=6). Plagioclase An61.3Ab38.3Or0.4 (n=2).
Classification: Achondrite (shergottite).
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with J. Bassemon.
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The Tatahouine meteorite is a very beautiful achondrite diogenite meteorite, which fell on June 27, 1931 at 01:30 am, 4 kilometers northeast of the village of Foum Tataouine in Tunisia. The explosion woke up the whole population and also the French garrison. The next day French legionnaires found some fragments.
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Zagora 003 is a fresh meteorite classified as eucrite of only 135 grams.
It was discovered near Zagora in Morocco by Ahmed Enaji on September 13, 2020.
The eucrites come from the Asteroid Vesta.
Writeup from MB 110:
Zagora 003 30°20’51.94″N, 5°36’41.79″W
Morocco
Find: 2020 Sep 13
Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)
History: Found by Ahmed Enaji on September 13, 2020. Bought from Zaid Oualguirah in 2020.
Physical characteristics: Several fusion crusted pieces with grey interior.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Igneous rock with grain size about 500 µm. It contains melt rock areas, and other areas with variolitic texture. Main minerals are pyroxene and plagioclase. Other minerals: metal, troilite, chromite.
Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene Fs34.1±0.8Wo5.7±1.1, FeO/MnO = 28.6±2.4 (n=4). Plagioclase An93.3±0.6Ab6.4±0.6Or0.3±0.1 (n=5). Chromite Cr# = 0.78 (n=1).
Classification: Achondrite (eucrite).
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.