Sueilila 008 is a beautiful lunar meteorite discovered in the Western Sahara in the Boujdour region in 2025 by a group of meteorite hunters :
Ibrahim Elguirah, Ibrahim Ouhra, Mhamd Oukhayyi, Bahba Mhamd, Idir Oubadda.
To date, only 52 meteorites of this type have been classified.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
A very nice acquisition for your collection !
Sueilila 008 is a beautiful lunar meteorite discovered in the Western Sahara in the Boujdour region in 2025 by a group of meteorite hunters :
Ibrahim Elguirah, Ibrahim Ouhra, Mhamd Oukhayyi, Bahba Mhamd, Idir Oubadda.
To date, only 52 meteorites of this type have been classified.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
A very nice acquisition for your collection !
Sueilila 008 is a beautiful lunar meteorite discovered in the Western Sahara in the Boujdour region in 2025 by a group of meteorite hunters :
Ibrahim Elguirah, Ibrahim Ouhra, Mhamd Oukhayyi, Bahba Mhamd, Idir Oubadda.
To date, only 52 meteorites of this type have been classified.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
A very nice acquisition for your collection !
Sueilila 008 is a beautiful lunar meteorite discovered in the Western Sahara in the Boujdour region in 2025 by a group of meteorite hunters :
Ibrahim Elguirah, Ibrahim Ouhra, Mhamd Oukhayyi, Bahba Mhamd, Idir Oubadda.
To date, only 52 meteorites of this type have been classified.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
A very nice acquisition for your collection !
Sueilila 008 is a beautiful lunar meteorite discovered in the Western Sahara in the Boujdour region in 2025 by a group of meteorite hunters :
Ibrahim Elguirah, Ibrahim Ouhra, Mhamd Oukhayyi, Bahba Mhamd, Idir Oubadda.
To date, only 52 meteorites of this type have been classified.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
A very nice acquisition for your collection !
Aydar is a very rare meteorite of type Acapulcoite. Acapulcoïtes are primitive achondrite.
Acapulcoites, named after the fall of Acapulco in Mexico in 1913, contain rare relics of chondrules.
Aydar is the first meteorite discovered in the Western Sahara in a concentration area named Aydar.
This meteorite was discovered by Mohamed Maskour, and purchased in Tan Tan in 2017.
I had the chance to prospect on site in 2018 in the hope of discovering more fragments.
The fall zone is very localized, with luck we can still find fragments.
Aydar is a very rare meteorite of type Acapulcoite. Acapulcoïtes are primitive achondrite.
Acapulcoites, named after the fall of Acapulco in Mexico in 1913, contain rare relics of chondrules.
Aydar is the first meteorite discovered in the Western Sahara in a concentration area named Aydar.
This meteorite was discovered by Mohamed Maskour, and purchased in Tan Tan in 2017.
I had the chance to prospect on site in 2018 in the hope of discovering more fragments.
The fall zone is very localized, with luck we can still find fragments.
NWA 15171 is a rare mesosiderite meteorite.
Mesosiderites are brecciated rocks containing silicate and metallic components, the silicates are mainly fragments of igneous rocks.
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15171 (NWA 15171)
Adrar, Algeria
Purchased: 2022
Classification: Mesosiderite
History: Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2022.
Physical characteristics: Many brown ireggular stones without fusion crust.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) The rock contains similar abundances of silicate minerals (pyroxene, and plagioclase), and metal and its weathering products. Silicate grain size is about 200 µm. Plagioclase and low-Ca pyroene dominate over Ca-pyroxene. Fe,Ni metal and troilite have been mostly replaced by terrestrial weathering products.
Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene Fs31.4±2.0Wo3.8±0.2, range Fs29.5-35.9, FeO/MnO = 26.4±4.9 (n=7). Plagioclase An92.5±2.1Ab7.4±2.0Or0.1±0.1 (n=4).
Classification: Achondrite (mesosiderite)
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
NWA 15171 is a rare mesosiderite meteorite.
Mesosiderites are brecciated rocks containing silicate and metallic components, the silicates are mainly fragments of igneous rocks.
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15171 (NWA 15171)
Adrar, Algeria
Purchased: 2022
Classification: Mesosiderite
History: Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2022.
Physical characteristics: Many brown ireggular stones without fusion crust.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) The rock contains similar abundances of silicate minerals (pyroxene, and plagioclase), and metal and its weathering products. Silicate grain size is about 200 µm. Plagioclase and low-Ca pyroene dominate over Ca-pyroxene. Fe,Ni metal and troilite have been mostly replaced by terrestrial weathering products.
Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene Fs31.4±2.0Wo3.8±0.2, range Fs29.5-35.9, FeO/MnO = 26.4±4.9 (n=7). Plagioclase An92.5±2.1Ab7.4±2.0Or0.1±0.1 (n=4).
Classification: Achondrite (mesosiderite)
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
NWA 15171 is a rare mesosiderite meteorite.
Mesosiderites are brecciated rocks containing silicate and metallic components, the silicates are mainly fragments of igneous rocks.
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15171 (NWA 15171)
Adrar, Algeria
Purchased: 2022
Classification: Mesosiderite
History: Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2022.
Physical characteristics: Many brown ireggular stones without fusion crust.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) The rock contains similar abundances of silicate minerals (pyroxene, and plagioclase), and metal and its weathering products. Silicate grain size is about 200 µm. Plagioclase and low-Ca pyroene dominate over Ca-pyroxene. Fe,Ni metal and troilite have been mostly replaced by terrestrial weathering products.
Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene Fs31.4±2.0Wo3.8±0.2, range Fs29.5-35.9, FeO/MnO = 26.4±4.9 (n=7). Plagioclase An92.5±2.1Ab7.4±2.0Or0.1±0.1 (n=4).
Classification: Achondrite (mesosiderite)
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
NWA 15171 is a rare mesosiderite meteorite.
Mesosiderites are brecciated rocks containing silicate and metallic components, the silicates are mainly fragments of igneous rocks.
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15171 (NWA 15171)
Adrar, Algeria
Purchased: 2022
Classification: Mesosiderite
History: Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2022.
Physical characteristics: Many brown ireggular stones without fusion crust.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) The rock contains similar abundances of silicate minerals (pyroxene, and plagioclase), and metal and its weathering products. Silicate grain size is about 200 µm. Plagioclase and low-Ca pyroene dominate over Ca-pyroxene. Fe,Ni metal and troilite have been mostly replaced by terrestrial weathering products.
Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene Fs31.4±2.0Wo3.8±0.2, range Fs29.5-35.9, FeO/MnO = 26.4±4.9 (n=7). Plagioclase An92.5±2.1Ab7.4±2.0Or0.1±0.1 (n=4).
Classification: Achondrite (mesosiderite)
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
NWA 15171 is a rare mesosiderite meteorite.
Mesosiderites are brecciated rocks containing silicate and metallic components, the silicates are mainly fragments of igneous rocks.
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15171 (NWA 15171)
Adrar, Algeria
Purchased: 2022
Classification: Mesosiderite
History: Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2022.
Physical characteristics: Many brown ireggular stones without fusion crust.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) The rock contains similar abundances of silicate minerals (pyroxene, and plagioclase), and metal and its weathering products. Silicate grain size is about 200 µm. Plagioclase and low-Ca pyroene dominate over Ca-pyroxene. Fe,Ni metal and troilite have been mostly replaced by terrestrial weathering products.
Geochemistry: Low-Ca pyroxene Fs31.4±2.0Wo3.8±0.2, range Fs29.5-35.9, FeO/MnO = 26.4±4.9 (n=7). Plagioclase An92.5±2.1Ab7.4±2.0Or0.1±0.1 (n=4).
Classification: Achondrite (mesosiderite)
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
Trinitite is a type of glass formed during the first nuclear test, known as Trinity, which took place in Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945.
Trinitite is formed by the vitrification of desert sand mixed with various components of the structure on which the bomb rested, as well as the bomb itself. Recently, researchers discovered that a piece of red trinitite had taken the form of a quasicrystal.
First discovered in the laboratory in the 1980s, quasicrystals also occur in nature, particularly in meteorites.
It should be noted that trinitite is not harmful to health.
Trinitite is a type of glass formed during the first nuclear test, known as Trinity, which took place in Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945.
Trinitite is formed by the vitrification of desert sand mixed with various components of the structure on which the bomb rested, as well as the bomb itself. Recently, researchers discovered that a piece of red trinitite had taken the form of a quasicrystal.
First discovered in the laboratory in the 1980s, quasicrystals also occur in nature, particularly in meteorites.
It should be noted that trinitite is not harmful to health.
Trinitite is a type of glass formed during the first nuclear test, known as Trinity, which took place in Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945.
Trinitite is formed by the vitrification of desert sand mixed with various components of the structure on which the bomb rested, as well as the bomb itself. Recently, researchers discovered that a piece of red trinitite had taken the form of a quasicrystal.
First discovered in the laboratory in the 1980s, quasicrystals also occur in nature, particularly in meteorites.
It should be noted that trinitite is not harmful to health.
Trinitite is a type of glass formed during the first nuclear test, known as Trinity, which took place in Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945.
Trinitite is formed by the vitrification of desert sand mixed with various components of the structure on which the bomb rested, as well as the bomb itself. Recently, researchers discovered that a piece of red trinitite had taken the form of a quasicrystal.
First discovered in the laboratory in the 1980s, quasicrystals also occur in nature, particularly in meteorites.
It should be noted that trinitite is not harmful to health.