Vaca Muerta, in Spanish “Dead Cow” is a meteorite of mesosiderite type which was discovered in Chile in 1861.
This meteorite would have arrived on Earth about 2000 years ago.
The parent body of mesosiderites could be the asteroid Psyche, it is over 200 km in diameter.
Metal nodules are rare in mesosiderites.
Zagora 002 is a brecciated eucrite meteorite weighing just 105.3 grams.
It was discovered near Zagora in Morocco by Mohamed Oumeskour in September 2020.
The eucrites come from the Asteroid Vesta.
Zagora 002 30°11’55.99″N, 5°43’8.9″W
Morocco
Find: 2020 Sep 29
Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, brecciated)
History: Found by Mohamed Oumeskour on September 29,2020. Bought from Zaid Oualghira in September 2020.
Physical characteristics: Two grayish fragments without fusion crust, with visible whitish mm sized clasts.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Mineral (some shock darkened) and rare lithic granulitic clasts set in a silicate clastic matrix. Main minerals are pyroxene (some exsolved) and plagioclase. Other minerals: olivine (as mineral clasts), metal, troilite, chromite.
Classification: Achondrite (Eucrite, brecciated).
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
Abteh 001, a CM2 weighing just 21.3 grams, was discovered in the Chwichiya region of Western Sahara by Lahcen Ousaleh in 2023.
This carbonaceous meteorite is extremely light.
Abteh 001 27°51’10.5″N, 11°52’50.4″W
South, Morocco
Find: 2023 Jun 20
Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2)
History: Found in Morocco near Chwichiya by Lahcen Ousaleh on June 06, 2023. Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Zaid Oualguirah in 2023 in Morocco.
Physical characteristics: Black stone with remanents of fusion crust. Cut surface reveals a dark fine-grained interior, with small chondrules.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrules with average apparent diameter ~200µm and chondrule fragments set in an abundant fine-grained iron-rich matrix. Opaque minerals are troilite, pyrrhotite, magnetite. Metal is found almost exclusively as inclusions in anhydrous silicates. X-ray diffraction analyses over a ~2 cm2 area on a polished section (D. Borschnek, CEREGE) reveal the presence of phyllosicilates and calcium carbonates, as typically observed in type 2 chondrites using the same experimental setup.
Geochemistry: Olivine Fa15.1±17.0, range Fa0.40-48.1 (n=7). Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.40±0.18 wt% (n=6). Defocused analyses of matrix FeO 24.0±6.7 wt%, analytical total 76.1±5.0 (n=3).
Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2).
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
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Amgala is a rare meteorite from Mars, classified as Shergottite (olivine-phyric).
It was discovered in the Western Sahara in 2022
A meteorite offering exceptional value for money !
Amgala 001 26.014°N, 11.020°W
Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara
Purchased: 2022 Dec
Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite)
History: Multiple stones were found together in December 2022 near Meharrize. Said Muftah Bachir and Ziyao Wang bought 12 kg together from the finders, including the largest 5200 g individual; Mark Lyon acquired 19165 g from two different dealers; Aziz Habibi obtained 3500 g from another dealer.
Physical characteristics: Weathered exterior surfaces of the stones are brown with a distinctive knobby appearance. Fresh interiors are greenish-gray with darker olivine phenocrysts visible.
Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Zoned olivine phenocrysts (up to 2 mm in length) are set in a groundmass with variable grainsize composed predominantly of prismatic, zoned clinopyroxene and lath-like maskelynite, together with accessory alkali feldspar, pyrrhotite, ulvöspinel, chromite (with variable Ti content), ilmenite, baddeleyite and chlorapatite. Thin opaque shock veins crosscut the specimen as well as secondary calcite veinlets. Olivine phenocrysts contain small patches of alteration products (red-brown in thin section).
Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa31.7-56.6, FeO/MnO = 52-55, N = 5), pigeonite (Fs27.7-48.4Wo10.4-9.8, FeO/MnO = 29-35, N = 3), subcalcic augite (Fs20.7-30.4Wo32.5-34.6, FeO/MnO = 28-32, N = 2), maskelynite (An47.4-50.5Or2.2-1.7, N = 2), alkali feldspar (Ab49.4Or34.0An16.7).
Classification: Shergottite (olivine-phyric).
Specimens: 68.3 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. S. Bachir/WangZ (12 kg), Mr. M. Lyon (19165 g) and Mr. A. Habibi (3500 g).
Amgala is a rare meteorite from Mars, classified as Shergottite (olivine-phyric).
It was discovered in the Western Sahara in 2022
A meteorite offering exceptional value for money !
Amgala 001 26.014°N, 11.020°W
Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara
Purchased: 2022 Dec
Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite)
History: Multiple stones were found together in December 2022 near Meharrize. Said Muftah Bachir and Ziyao Wang bought 12 kg together from the finders, including the largest 5200 g individual; Mark Lyon acquired 19165 g from two different dealers; Aziz Habibi obtained 3500 g from another dealer.
Physical characteristics: Weathered exterior surfaces of the stones are brown with a distinctive knobby appearance. Fresh interiors are greenish-gray with darker olivine phenocrysts visible.
Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Zoned olivine phenocrysts (up to 2 mm in length) are set in a groundmass with variable grainsize composed predominantly of prismatic, zoned clinopyroxene and lath-like maskelynite, together with accessory alkali feldspar, pyrrhotite, ulvöspinel, chromite (with variable Ti content), ilmenite, baddeleyite and chlorapatite. Thin opaque shock veins crosscut the specimen as well as secondary calcite veinlets. Olivine phenocrysts contain small patches of alteration products (red-brown in thin section).
Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa31.7-56.6, FeO/MnO = 52-55, N = 5), pigeonite (Fs27.7-48.4Wo10.4-9.8, FeO/MnO = 29-35, N = 3), subcalcic augite (Fs20.7-30.4Wo32.5-34.6, FeO/MnO = 28-32, N = 2), maskelynite (An47.4-50.5Or2.2-1.7, N = 2), alkali feldspar (Ab49.4Or34.0An16.7).
Classification: Shergottite (olivine-phyric).
Specimens: 68.3 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. S. Bachir/WangZ (12 kg), Mr. M. Lyon (19165 g) and Mr. A. Habibi (3500 g).
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Amgala is a rare meteorite from Mars, classified as Shergottite (olivine-phyric).
It was discovered in the Western Sahara in 2022
A meteorite offering exceptional value for money !
Amgala 001 26.014°N, 11.020°W
Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara
Purchased: 2022 Dec
Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite)
History: Multiple stones were found together in December 2022 near Meharrize. Said Muftah Bachir and Ziyao Wang bought 12 kg together from the finders, including the largest 5200 g individual; Mark Lyon acquired 19165 g from two different dealers; Aziz Habibi obtained 3500 g from another dealer.
Physical characteristics: Weathered exterior surfaces of the stones are brown with a distinctive knobby appearance. Fresh interiors are greenish-gray with darker olivine phenocrysts visible.
Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Zoned olivine phenocrysts (up to 2 mm in length) are set in a groundmass with variable grainsize composed predominantly of prismatic, zoned clinopyroxene and lath-like maskelynite, together with accessory alkali feldspar, pyrrhotite, ulvöspinel, chromite (with variable Ti content), ilmenite, baddeleyite and chlorapatite. Thin opaque shock veins crosscut the specimen as well as secondary calcite veinlets. Olivine phenocrysts contain small patches of alteration products (red-brown in thin section).
Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa31.7-56.6, FeO/MnO = 52-55, N = 5), pigeonite (Fs27.7-48.4Wo10.4-9.8, FeO/MnO = 29-35, N = 3), subcalcic augite (Fs20.7-30.4Wo32.5-34.6, FeO/MnO = 28-32, N = 2), maskelynite (An47.4-50.5Or2.2-1.7, N = 2), alkali feldspar (Ab49.4Or34.0An16.7).
Classification: Shergottite (olivine-phyric).
Specimens: 68.3 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. S. Bachir/WangZ (12 kg), Mr. M. Lyon (19165 g) and Mr. A. Habibi (3500 g).
2023 CX1, is an asteroid that entered the Earth’s atmosphere on February 13, 2023 in northern France.
It was discovered seven hours before impact by Hungarian astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky.
The first stone found from this asteroid, weighing 92.6 g, was discovered on February 15 near St Pierre-le-Viger by an art student in the Fripon/Vigie Ciel group.
The total found was 1,200 grams.
Thierry Monter discovered 490 grams on a tennis court in Autigny.
The piece for sale is one of the fragments discovered by Thierry Monter.
This is a unique piece in the world, the falls observed in France are rare and this is the first time that a piece of asteroid tracked from space has fallen on a tennis court, creating a mini crater.
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Plateau du Tademait 008 est une météorite provenant de Mars, classifiée Shergottite (olivine-phyric basalt).
She was discovered in Algeria in 2022.
A rare and highly aesthetic meteorite.
Plateau du Tademait 008 28°55’03.8″N, 0°59’05.6″E
Adrar, Algeria
Purchased: 2022
Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite)
History: Purchased from Algerian dealer Ali Mftah Mftah by Mark Lyon in 2022.
Physical characteristics: Single stone with patches of black fusion crust, sandblasted surfaces show exposed olivine phenocrysts. A polished slice reveals numerous pale green olivine phenocrysts up to ~1 cm in diameter that poikilitically enclose smaller pyroxene grains. The groundmass consists of dark gray pyroxene grains up to 500 μm and smaller olivine grains.
Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) This meteorite has the approximate modal abundances: 50% clinopyroxene, 25% olivine, 10% maskelynite, with accessory ilmenite, chromite, Ti-Cr spinel, and pyrite. Clinopyroxene shows a tightly bound, continuous calcium enrichment trend. Olivine phenocrysts show a narrow compositional range from low Ca-pyroxene to pigeonite to subcalcic augite. Maskelynite is usually observed occupying pyroxene and olivine grain boundary pockets. Small vesicles are scattered throughout.
Geochemistry: (M. Spilde, UNM) Olivine Fa40.4±0.9, Fe/Mn=50±2, CaO=0.25±0.05, (wt%), n=6; clinopyroxene Fs26.3±4.6Wo17.6±9.2, Fe/Mn=29±2, n=12; maskelynite An51.0±3.2Ab47.2±3.4Or1.8±0.5, n=7.
Classification: Martian shergottite (olivine-phyric basalt).
Specimens: 45 g on deposit at UNM, Mark Lyon holds the main mass
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Plateau du Tademait 008 is a meteorite from Mars, classified as Shergottite (olivine-phyric basalt).
It was discovered in Algeria in 2022.
A rare and highly aesthetic meteorite.
Plateau du Tademait 008 28°55’03.8″N, 0°59’05.6″E
Adrar, Algeria
Purchased: 2022
Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite)
History: Purchased from Algerian dealer Ali Mftah Mftah by Mark Lyon in 2022.
Physical characteristics: Single stone with patches of black fusion crust, sandblasted surfaces show exposed olivine phenocrysts. A polished slice reveals numerous pale green olivine phenocrysts up to ~1 cm in diameter that poikilitically enclose smaller pyroxene grains. The groundmass consists of dark gray pyroxene grains up to 500 μm and smaller olivine grains.
Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) This meteorite has the approximate modal abundances: 50% clinopyroxene, 25% olivine, 10% maskelynite, with accessory ilmenite, chromite, Ti-Cr spinel, and pyrite. Clinopyroxene shows a tightly bound, continuous calcium enrichment trend. Olivine phenocrysts show a narrow compositional range from low Ca-pyroxene to pigeonite to subcalcic augite. Maskelynite is usually observed occupying pyroxene and olivine grain boundary pockets. Small vesicles are scattered throughout.
Geochemistry: (M. Spilde, UNM) Olivine Fa40.4±0.9, Fe/Mn=50±2, CaO=0.25±0.05, (wt%), n=6; clinopyroxene Fs26.3±4.6Wo17.6±9.2, Fe/Mn=29±2, n=12; maskelynite An51.0±3.2Ab47.2±3.4Or1.8±0.5, n=7.
Classification: Martian shergottite (olivine-phyric basalt).
Specimens: 45 g on deposit at UNM, Mark Lyon holds the main mass
Camel Donga is a very beautiful eucrite discovered in Australia in 1984 in the plain of Nullarbor near Camel Donga.
The eucrites come from the Asteroid Vesta.
A very nice acquisition for your collection !
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Trinitite is a glass made during the first nuclear explosion called Trinity, in Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945.
Trinitite is made from the vitrification of the desert sand linked to the different elements of the structure on which the bomb rested and the bomb itself. Recently, researchers discovered that a piece of red Trinitrite took the form of a quasicrystal.
First discovered in the laboratory in the 1980s, quasicrystals also occur in nature, notably in meteorites.
The Trinitrite is not at all radioactive.
Trinitite is a glass made during the first nuclear explosion called Trinity, in Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945.
Trinitite is made from the vitrification of the desert sand linked to the different elements of the structure on which the bomb rested and the bomb itself. Recently, researchers discovered that a piece of red Trinitrite took the form of a quasicrystal.
First discovered in the laboratory in the 1980s, quasicrystals also occur in nature, notably in meteorites.
The Trinitrite is not at all radioactive.
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Trinitite is a glass made during the first nuclear explosion called Trinity, in Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945.
Trinitite is made from the vitrification of the desert sand linked to the different elements of the structure on which the bomb rested and the bomb itself. Recently, researchers discovered that a piece of red Trinitrite took the form of a quasicrystal.
First discovered in the laboratory in the 1980s, quasicrystals also occur in nature, notably in meteorites.
The Trinitrite is not at all radioactive.
Trinitite is a glass made during the first nuclear explosion called Trinity, in Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945.
Trinitite is made from the vitrification of the desert sand linked to the different elements of the structure on which the bomb rested and the bomb itself. Recently, researchers discovered that a piece of red Trinitrite took the form of a quasicrystal.
First discovered in the laboratory in the 1980s, quasicrystals also occur in nature, notably in meteorites.
The Trinitrite is not at all radioactive.
NWA 10158 is a mesosiderite meteorite.
It is a rare type, but the particularity of NWA 10158 is that it must have arrived on Earth a long time ago for proof of its terrestrialisation.
NWA 10158 does not look like a classical mesosiderite and it is only with a scientific analysis that its exact type has been determined.
This meteorite is nevertheless an aesthetic meteorite, and each cut slice is different.
NWA 10158 is a mesosiderite meteorite.
It is a rare type, but the particularity of NWA 10158 is that it must have arrived on Earth a long time ago for proof of its terrestrialisation.
NWA 10158 does not look like a classical mesosiderite and it is only with a scientific analysis that its exact type has been determined.
This meteorite is nevertheless an aesthetic meteorite, and each cut slice is different.
NWA 10158 is a mesosiderite meteorite.
It is a rare type, but the particularity of NWA 10158 is that it must have arrived on Earth a long time ago for proof of its terrestrialisation.
NWA 10158 does not look like a classical mesosiderite and it is only with a scientific analysis that its exact type has been determined.
This meteorite is nevertheless an aesthetic meteorite, and each cut slice is different.
NWA 10158 is a mesosiderite meteorite.
It is a rare type, but the particularity of NWA 10158 is that it must have arrived on Earth a long time ago for proof of its terrestrialisation.
NWA 10158 does not look like a classical mesosiderite and it is only with a scientific analysis that its exact type has been determined.
This meteorite is nevertheless an aesthetic meteorite, and each cut slice is different.