NWA 15169 is a lunar meteorite discovered in 2021 in Morocco near Dakhla in the Wad Oum Sfia area by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat.
NWA 15169 is a rare lunar meteorite (anorthosite).
It comes directly from the Moon’s ancient crust, specifically from the lunar highlands region.
This is a very nice and colorful lunar meteorite offered at a very good price.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15169 (NWA 15169)
Morocco
Purchased: 2021
Classification: Lunar meteorite (anorth)
History: Found by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat in the Dakhla, Wad Oum Sfia area. Later bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2021.
Physical characteristics: Several stones: a complete 50 g crusted stone, and several gray fragments without fusion crust, the largest one being 52 g.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, B. Devouard, CEREGE) Brecciated igneous rock composed primarily of anorthitic plagioclase, and mm-sized poikilitic microgabbroic clasts with plagioclase chadacrysts set in olivine and pyroxene. Accessory minerals: metal, ulvöspinel, chromite. Barite, from terrestrial weathering, is present as veins.
Classification: Lunar (anorthosite). Contains microgabbroic clasts. Olivine, pigeonite and plagioclase are within the ferroan anorthositic suite (FAS) field defined by Warren (1993). Olivine has been altered on Earth, as indicated by the low analytical totals.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
NWA 15169 is a lunar meteorite discovered in 2021 in Morocco near Dakhla in the Wad Oum Sfia area by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat.
NWA 15169 is a rare lunar meteorite (anorthosite).
It comes directly from the Moon’s ancient crust, specifically from the lunar highlands region.
This is a very nice and colorful lunar meteorite offered at a very good price.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15169 (NWA 15169)
Morocco
Purchased: 2021
Classification: Lunar meteorite (anorth)
History: Found by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat in the Dakhla, Wad Oum Sfia area. Later bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2021.
Physical characteristics: Several stones: a complete 50 g crusted stone, and several gray fragments without fusion crust, the largest one being 52 g.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, B. Devouard, CEREGE) Brecciated igneous rock composed primarily of anorthitic plagioclase, and mm-sized poikilitic microgabbroic clasts with plagioclase chadacrysts set in olivine and pyroxene. Accessory minerals: metal, ulvöspinel, chromite. Barite, from terrestrial weathering, is present as veins.
Classification: Lunar (anorthosite). Contains microgabbroic clasts. Olivine, pigeonite and plagioclase are within the ferroan anorthositic suite (FAS) field defined by Warren (1993). Olivine has been altered on Earth, as indicated by the low analytical totals.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
NWA 15169 is a lunar meteorite discovered in 2021 in Morocco near Dakhla in the Wad Oum Sfia area by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat.
NWA 15169 is a rare lunar meteorite (anorthosite).
It comes directly from the Moon’s ancient crust, specifically from the lunar highlands region.
This is a very nice and colorful lunar meteorite offered at a very good price.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15169 (NWA 15169)
Morocco
Purchased: 2021
Classification: Lunar meteorite (anorth)
History: Found by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat in the Dakhla, Wad Oum Sfia area. Later bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2021.
Physical characteristics: Several stones: a complete 50 g crusted stone, and several gray fragments without fusion crust, the largest one being 52 g.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, B. Devouard, CEREGE) Brecciated igneous rock composed primarily of anorthitic plagioclase, and mm-sized poikilitic microgabbroic clasts with plagioclase chadacrysts set in olivine and pyroxene. Accessory minerals: metal, ulvöspinel, chromite. Barite, from terrestrial weathering, is present as veins.
Classification: Lunar (anorthosite). Contains microgabbroic clasts. Olivine, pigeonite and plagioclase are within the ferroan anorthositic suite (FAS) field defined by Warren (1993). Olivine has been altered on Earth, as indicated by the low analytical totals.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
NWA 15169 is a lunar meteorite discovered in 2021 in Morocco near Dakhla in the Wad Oum Sfia area by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat.
NWA 15169 is a rare lunar meteorite (anorthosite).
It comes directly from the Moon’s ancient crust, specifically from the lunar highlands region.
This is a very nice and colorful lunar meteorite offered at a very good price.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15169 (NWA 15169)
Morocco
Purchased: 2021
Classification: Lunar meteorite (anorth)
History: Found by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat in the Dakhla, Wad Oum Sfia area. Later bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2021.
Physical characteristics: Several stones: a complete 50 g crusted stone, and several gray fragments without fusion crust, the largest one being 52 g.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, B. Devouard, CEREGE) Brecciated igneous rock composed primarily of anorthitic plagioclase, and mm-sized poikilitic microgabbroic clasts with plagioclase chadacrysts set in olivine and pyroxene. Accessory minerals: metal, ulvöspinel, chromite. Barite, from terrestrial weathering, is present as veins.
Classification: Lunar (anorthosite). Contains microgabbroic clasts. Olivine, pigeonite and plagioclase are within the ferroan anorthositic suite (FAS) field defined by Warren (1993). Olivine has been altered on Earth, as indicated by the low analytical totals.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
NWA 15972 is a beautiful LL3 chondrite weighing just 317 grams.
The estimated subtype is LL3.2; as of now, there are only 21 meteorites of this type in the world.
Of the more than 80,000 meteorites recorded on Earth, this tiny number confirms the extreme rarity of this type of primitive rock.
LL3.2 chondrites are considered to be true “time capsules” of our early solar system.
This meteorite was analyzed at Cerege by Jérôme Gattacceca.
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15972 (NWA 15972)
Morocco
Purchased: 2022
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)
History: Found in Morocco, and bought by Jean Redelsperger in Guelmim in 2022
Physical characteristics: Some fragments are partially crusted.
Petrography: (J.Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with packed chondrules ~800 µm set in a fine-grained matrix. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite.
Geochemistry: OlivineFa14.2±8.1, rangeFa0.4-29.9, Fa PMD 46% (n=18). Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.157±0.089 wt% (n=17). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs8.4±3.5Wo1.8±1.4 (n=5).
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3). LL group based on chondrule size and magnetic susceptibility. Sub>he Cr2O3 content of ferroan olivine. Estimated subtype 3.2 based on the olivine Fa PMD.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
NWA 15972 is a beautiful LL3 chondrite weighing just 317 grams.
The estimated subtype is LL3.2; as of now, there are only 21 meteorites of this type in the world.
Of the more than 80,000 meteorites recorded on Earth, this tiny number confirms the extreme rarity of this type of primitive rock.
LL3.2 chondrites are considered to be true “time capsules” of our early solar system.
This meteorite was analyzed at Cerege by Jérôme Gattacceca.
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15972 (NWA 15972)
Morocco
Purchased: 2022
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)
History: Found in Morocco, and bought by Jean Redelsperger in Guelmim in 2022
Physical characteristics: Some fragments are partially crusted.
Petrography: (J.Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with packed chondrules ~800 µm set in a fine-grained matrix. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite.
Geochemistry: OlivineFa14.2±8.1, rangeFa0.4-29.9, Fa PMD 46% (n=18). Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.157±0.089 wt% (n=17). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs8.4±3.5Wo1.8±1.4 (n=5).
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3). LL group based on chondrule size and magnetic susceptibility. Sub>he Cr2O3 content of ferroan olivine. Estimated subtype 3.2 based on the olivine Fa PMD.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
NWA 15972 is a beautiful LL3 chondrite weighing just 317 grams.
The estimated subtype is LL3.2; as of now, there are only 21 meteorites of this type in the world.
Of the more than 80,000 meteorites recorded on Earth, this tiny number confirms the extreme rarity of this type of primitive rock.
LL3.2 chondrites are considered to be true “time capsules” of our early solar system.
This meteorite was analyzed at Cerege by Jérôme Gattacceca.
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15972 (NWA 15972)
Morocco
Purchased: 2022
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)
History: Found in Morocco, and bought by Jean Redelsperger in Guelmim in 2022
Physical characteristics: Some fragments are partially crusted.
Petrography: (J.Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with packed chondrules ~800 µm set in a fine-grained matrix. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite.
Geochemistry: OlivineFa14.2±8.1, rangeFa0.4-29.9, Fa PMD 46% (n=18). Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.157±0.089 wt% (n=17). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs8.4±3.5Wo1.8±1.4 (n=5).
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3). LL group based on chondrule size and magnetic susceptibility. Sub>he Cr2O3 content of ferroan olivine. Estimated subtype 3.2 based on the olivine Fa PMD.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
NWA 15972 is a beautiful LL3 chondrite weighing just 317 grams.
The estimated subtype is LL3.2; as of now, there are only 21 meteorites of this type in the world.
Of the more than 80,000 meteorites recorded on Earth, this tiny number confirms the extreme rarity of this type of primitive rock.
LL3.2 chondrites are considered to be true “time capsules” of our early solar system.
This meteorite was analyzed at Cerege by Jérôme Gattacceca.
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15972 (NWA 15972)
Morocco
Purchased: 2022
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)
History: Found in Morocco, and bought by Jean Redelsperger in Guelmim in 2022
Physical characteristics: Some fragments are partially crusted.
Petrography: (J.Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with packed chondrules ~800 µm set in a fine-grained matrix. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite.
Geochemistry: OlivineFa14.2±8.1, rangeFa0.4-29.9, Fa PMD 46% (n=18). Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.157±0.089 wt% (n=17). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs8.4±3.5Wo1.8±1.4 (n=5).
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3). LL group based on chondrule size and magnetic susceptibility. Sub>he Cr2O3 content of ferroan olivine. Estimated subtype 3.2 based on the olivine Fa PMD.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
NWA 15972 is a beautiful LL3 chondrite weighing just 317 grams.
The estimated subtype is LL3.2; as of now, there are only 21 meteorites of this type in the world.
Of the more than 80,000 meteorites recorded on Earth, this tiny number confirms the extreme rarity of this type of primitive rock.
LL3.2 chondrites are considered to be true “time capsules” of our early solar system.
This meteorite was analyzed at Cerege by Jérôme Gattacceca.
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15972 (NWA 15972)
Morocco
Purchased: 2022
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)
History: Found in Morocco, and bought by Jean Redelsperger in Guelmim in 2022
Physical characteristics: Some fragments are partially crusted.
Petrography: (J.Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrite with packed chondrules ~800 µm set in a fine-grained matrix. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite.
Geochemistry: OlivineFa14.2±8.1, rangeFa0.4-29.9, Fa PMD 46% (n=18). Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.157±0.089 wt% (n=17). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs8.4±3.5Wo1.8±1.4 (n=5).
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3). LL group based on chondrule size and magnetic susceptibility. Sub>he Cr2O3 content of ferroan olivine. Estimated subtype 3.2 based on the olivine Fa PMD.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
NWA 16738 is a carbonaceous meteorite of the CK3 type.
To date, only 88 of this type have been classified.
The most famous meteorite fall is the Karoonda meteorite, which fell in Australia in 1930.
CK-type meteorites contain inclusions known as CAIs (calcium- and aluminum-rich inclusions), which formed between 4,567 and 4,571 million years ago; they are the oldest materials in the Solar System.
NWA 16738 is a carbonaceous meteorite of the CK3 type.
To date, only 88 of this type have been classified.
The most famous meteorite fall is the Karoonda meteorite, which fell in Australia in 1930.
CK-type meteorites contain inclusions known as CAIs (calcium- and aluminum-rich inclusions), which formed between 4,567 and 4,571 million years ago; they are the oldest materials in the Solar System.
NWA 16738 is a carbonaceous meteorite of the CK3 type.
To date, only 88 of this type have been classified.
The most famous meteorite fall is the Karoonda meteorite, which fell in Australia in 1930.
CK-type meteorites contain inclusions known as CAIs (calcium- and aluminum-rich inclusions), which formed between 4,567 and 4,571 million years ago; they are the oldest materials in the Solar System.
Vaca Muerta, which means “Dead Cow” in Spanish, is a mesosiderite meteorite that was discovered in Chile in 1861.
This meteorite is believed to have reached Earth about 2,000 years ago.
The parent body of mesosiderites may be the asteroid Psyche, which is over 200 km in diameter.
It’s a classic in any good collection.
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).
Fezzou 001 is a rare Rumuruti R4 chondrite meteorite.
This meteorite, weighing only 154 grams, was discovered in Morocco by Rjdali Hmou and Mohamed Taouch on August 1, 2018.
This Rumuruti is notable for being slightly magnetic and not-brecciated.
Fezzou 001 is a rare Rumuruti R4 chondrite meteorite.
This meteorite, weighing only 154 grams, was discovered in Morocco by Rjdali Hmou and Mohamed Taouch on August 1, 2018.
This Rumuruti is notable for being slightly magnetic and not-brecciated.
Ksar Ghilane 021 is a meteorite of type H5 that I found with my travel friend Claude Roy during an expedition in Tunisia near the Oasis of Ksar Ghilane on February 13, 2020, just before the Covid 19 pandemic.
To date only 80 meteorites have been discovered in Tunisia.
State/Prov/County:
Quibili
Date :
2020 Feb 13
Latitude:
32°53’28.9″N
Longitude:
09°54’46.3″E
Mass (g) :
167
Pieces :
6
Class :
H5
Weathering grade :
W3
Fayalite (mol%) :
19.0±0.1 (n=3)
Ferrosilite (mol%) :
17.2 (n=1)
Wollastonite (mol%) :
1.1
Magnetic suscept.:
4.68
Classifier :
J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g ):
20
Type spec location :
CEREGE
Main mass :
Jean Redelsperger
Finder:
Jean Redelsperger and Claude Roy
Comments :
work name JR082. Six fragments without fusion crust.; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
