Ksar Ghilane 020 is a meteorite of type H6 that I found with my travel friend Claude Roy during an expedition in Tunisia near the Oasis of Ksar Ghilane on February 12, 2020, just before the Covid 19 pandemic.
To date only 80 meteorites have been discovered in Tunisia.
Ksar Ghilane 020 is a meteorite of type H6 that I found with my travel friend Claude Roy during an expedition in Tunisia near the Oasis of Ksar Ghilane on February 12, 2020, just before the Covid 19 pandemic.
To date only 80 meteorites have been discovered in Tunisia.
Ksar Ghilane 020 is a meteorite of type H6 that I found with my travel friend Claude Roy during an expedition in Tunisia near the Oasis of Ksar Ghilane on February 12, 2020, just before the Covid 19 pandemic.
To date only 80 meteorites have been discovered in Tunisia.
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
History: Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Lahcen Ait Ha in Erfoud in January 2015.
Physical characteristics: Eight irregular gray fragments without fusion crust. Chondrules are clearly visible at the surface. Cut surface shows closely packed large chondrules, with little weathering.
History: Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Lahcen Ait Ha in Erfoud in January 2015.
Physical characteristics: Eight irregular gray fragments without fusion crust. Chondrules are clearly visible at the surface. Cut surface shows closely packed large chondrules, with little weathering.
NWA 13702 is a CK5 type meteorite with very large chondrules of only 34.5 grams.
The reference fall is the Karoonda meteorite that fell in 1930 in Australia.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Northwest Africa 13702 (NWA 13702)
Morocco
Purchased: 2020
Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5)
History: Bought from Mohamed El Guirah in Zagora in 2020.
Physical characteristics: A single stone with fusion crust and a grey interior.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Recrystallized chondrite with large chondrules set in a recrystallized matrix. Opaque minerals are Cr-bearing magnetite and troilite.
NWA 13702 is a CK5 type meteorite with very large chondrules of only 34.5 grams.
The reference fall is the Karoonda meteorite that fell in 1930 in Australia.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Northwest Africa 13702 (NWA 13702)
Morocco
Purchased: 2020
Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5)
History: Bought from Mohamed El Guirah in Zagora in 2020.
Physical characteristics: A single stone with fusion crust and a grey interior.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Recrystallized chondrite with large chondrules set in a recrystallized matrix. Opaque minerals are Cr-bearing magnetite and troilite.
NWA 13702 is a CK5 type meteorite with very large chondrules of only 34.5 grams.
The reference fall is the Karoonda meteorite that fell in 1930 in Australia.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Northwest Africa 13702 (NWA 13702)
Morocco
Purchased: 2020
Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5)
History: Bought from Mohamed El Guirah in Zagora in 2020.
Physical characteristics: A single stone with fusion crust and a grey interior.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Recrystallized chondrite with large chondrules set in a recrystallized matrix. Opaque minerals are Cr-bearing magnetite and troilite.
NWA 13702 is a CK5 type meteorite with very large chondrules of only 34.5 grams.
The reference fall is the Karoonda meteorite that fell in 1930 in Australia.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Northwest Africa 13702 (NWA 13702)
Morocco
Purchased: 2020
Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5)
History: Bought from Mohamed El Guirah in Zagora in 2020.
Physical characteristics: A single stone with fusion crust and a grey interior.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Recrystallized chondrite with large chondrules set in a recrystallized matrix. Opaque minerals are Cr-bearing magnetite and troilite.
NWA 13702 is a CK5 type meteorite with very large chondrules of only 34.5 grams.
The reference fall is the Karoonda meteorite that fell in 1930 in Australia.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Northwest Africa 13702 (NWA 13702)
Morocco
Purchased: 2020
Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5)
History: Bought from Mohamed El Guirah in Zagora in 2020.
Physical characteristics: A single stone with fusion crust and a grey interior.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Recrystallized chondrite with large chondrules set in a recrystallized matrix. Opaque minerals are Cr-bearing magnetite and troilite.
NWA 13702 is a CK5 type meteorite with very large chondrules of only 34.5 grams.
The reference fall is the Karoonda meteorite that fell in 1930 in Australia.
Writeup from MB 110 :
Northwest Africa 13702 (NWA 13702)
Morocco
Purchased: 2020
Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5)
History: Bought from Mohamed El Guirah in Zagora in 2020.
Physical characteristics: A single stone with fusion crust and a grey interior.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Recrystallized chondrite with large chondrules set in a recrystallized matrix. Opaque minerals are Cr-bearing magnetite and troilite.
