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Sahara 97001 L6 #1 – 3,7 g
15,44 $Sahara 97001 is a meteorite type chondrite L6.
It was discovered in the Sahara in 1997 at the very beginning of meteorite prospecting in the Sahara deserts.
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Sayh al Uhaymir 001 L5 #2 – 7 g
21,06 $Sayh al Uhaymir 001 is a meteorite that was discovered in the Sultanate of Oman.
This is a significant fall of over 450 kg.
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SAHARA 97030 LL5/6 #3 – 7 g
21,06 $SAHARA 97030 is a chondrite meteorite that was discovered in the Sahara in 1997 at the very beginning of the search for meteorites in hot deserts.
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TARDA C2 Ung #21 – 9,8 g
3.229,20 $TARDA is a meteorite that fell in Morocco on August 25, 2020.
This meteorite has been classified as C2 ungrouped, a rare type of very primitive carbonaceous.
Tagish lake is a meteorite of the same type and sells for over 1000 euros per gram.
This meteorite is composed of many very small fragments, beautiful pieces with crusts are rare.
Isotopic analyses show that some pieces have values close to CI chondrites, and other pieces have Yamato (CY) values..
An important meteorite at the scientific level in the years to come.
Writeup from MB 109:
Tarda 31° 49′ 35″N, 4° 40′ 46″W
Morocco
Confirmed fall: 2020
Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (C2, ungrouped)
Classification : (C. Agee, UNM; K. Ziegler, UNM; A. Irving, UWS; L. Garvie, ASU; D. Sheikh, FSU; P. Carpenter, WUSL; H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, FSAC; M. Zolensky, JSC; P. Schmitt-Kopplin, HZM) Carbonaceous chondrite (C2-ungrouped). The bulk mineralogy is consistent with a petrologic grade 2, based on the predominance of smectite and serpentine together with the presence of anhydrous mafic silicates, AOA, and chondrules. The oxygen isotopes give a bimodal distribution of the δ18O-values, with one group having values somewhat like those of the CI chondrites, and the other group like values for the Yamato-type (CY) carbonaceous chondrites (King et al., 2019). However, Δ17O values are lower than those for CI and CY chondrites, and plot below the TFL. These isotopic values do not overlap with those of any established carbonaceous chondrite group, hence the ungrouped designation.
Specimens : 18.4 g including one polished thin section and one polished thick section at UWB; 21g and one polished thin section at UNM; 7 g provided by A. Aaronson and 6 g provided by J. Redelsperger at FSAC; 20 g at the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Environment, Rabat, Morocco provided by A. Aaronson; total 628 g with A. Aaronson (including 99 g, 82.4 g and 52.6 g stones); 540 g with M. Farmer and A. Karl, 260 g with J. Poblador; 480 g with D. Dickens; 145 g with M. Oulkouch; 146 g with J. Redelsperger; 31 g with B. Hoefnagels.
AL HAGGOUNIA 09 Eucrite #6 – 24,7 g
277,30 $In April 2013, I prospect for meteorites in Morocco with a group of friends.
After an unsuccessful search for the Martian meteorite NWA 7397, we met a group of meteorite hunters who took us to the site of a new meteorite discovery on April 18.
The day before, a meteorite of 219 grams was found, the meteorite hunters thought at first that this meteorite was a lunar meteorite.
It finally turns out that this meteorite is not a lunar meteorite but an eucrite.
Other fragments will be discovered later including the supposed main mass (332.85 grams) on April 24, 2013 by Lahcen Oukhouya meteorite hunter and native of Smara.
I was able to acquire the main mass of this fall, as well as 8 other fragments through Ali Oulmaleh (meteorite dealer in Erfoud) and Mohamed Elguirah (meteorite hunter in Tan Tan).
This meteorite was found 120 km northeast of Laayoune in the Western Sahara, in a place called Chwichiya (little fez) in reference to the mountain seen in this region in the shape of a fez.
Chwichiya is an area rich in meteorites, and in particular achondrites, 4 different achondrites have been discovered within a radius of 6 kilometers!
This meteorite is a brecciated eucrite, composed of 11 pieces for a total of 1038 grams. This meteorite has the particularity to have two different textures.
Petrography: Breccia with coarse basaltic clasts in a fine-grained matrix. The matrix has a doleritic texture with plagioclase grain size of several mm. Dominant minerals are exsolved pyroxene and mm-sized calcic plagioclase laths. Minor phases include chromite, silica, Ca-Phosphate, troilite and metal.
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NWA 7831 Diogénite # 7 – 0.7 g
11,23 $NWA 7831 was discovered in March 2013.
This meteorite is a very beautiful and rare diogenite of the same type as Tataouine.
About 20 kilograms of this meteorite were found in the Western Sahara about 100 km northeast of Laâyoune in a place called Chwichiya.
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NWA 7831 Diogénite # 6 – 1 g
14,04 $NWA 7831 was discovered in March 2013.
This meteorite is a very beautiful and rare diogenite of the same type as Tataouine.
About 20 kilograms of this meteorite were found in the Western Sahara about 100 km northeast of Laâyoune in a place called Chwichiya.
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NWA 7831 Diogénite #5 – 0.9 g
12,64 $NWA 7831 was discovered in March 2013.
This meteorite is a very beautiful and rare diogenite of the same type as Tataouine.
About 20 kilograms of this meteorite were found in the Western Sahara about 100 km northeast of Laâyoune in a place called Chwichiya.
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NWA 7831 Diogénite #4 – 1.4 g
15,44 $NWA 7831 was discovered in March 2013.
This meteorite is a very beautiful and rare diogenite of the same type as Tataouine.
About 20 kilograms of this meteorite were found in the Western Sahara about 100 km northeast of Laâyoune in a place called Chwichiya.
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NWA 7831 Diogénite #3 – 2.2 g
23,87 $NWA 7831 was discovered in March 2013.
This meteorite is a very beautiful and rare diogenite of the same type as Tataouine.
About 20 kilograms of this meteorite were found in the Western Sahara about 100 km northeast of Laâyoune in a place called Chwichiya.
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NWA 7831 Diogénite #2 – 7.2 g
63,18 $NWA 7831 was discovered in March 2013.
This meteorite is a very beautiful and rare diogenite of the same type as Tataouine.
About 20 kilograms of this meteorite were found in the Western Sahara about 100 km northeast of Laâyoune in a place called Chwichiya.
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SAHARA 97030 LL5/6 #2 – 7,1 g
21,06 $SAHARA 97030 is a chondrite meteorite that was discovered in the Sahara in 1997 at the very beginning of the search for meteorites in hot deserts.
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Huckitta Pallasite #2 – 7,7 g
140,40 $Huckitta is part of the pallasite group. Pallasites are certainly the most aesthetic group of meteorites that we know.
This meteorite discovered in Australia in 1924 is an anomalous type of pallasite, it has some unusual properties of other pallasites.
A very nice acquisition for your collection !
Rare in slice of this quality.
Tichiya 002 H5 #2 – 612 g
856,44 $Tichiya 002 is an ordinary chondrite type H5. It was found in 2019 by Lahcen Hamdan in Western Sahara.
I am selling the main mass of 612 grams, a very nice piece.
NWA 6306 LL6 #1 – 74 g
Original price was: 519,48 $.379,08 $Current price is: 379,08 $.NWA 6306 is a meteorite of type LL6 bought in Ensisheim in 2009.
It was classified at the Natural History Museum in Berlin by Dr. Ansgar Greshake.
This is the first meteorite I had classified.
| Mass (g) : | 346 |
| Pieces : | 1 |
| Class : | LL6 |
| Shock stage: | S2 |
| Weathering grade : | W1 |
| Fayalite (mol%) : | 29.8 |
| Ferrosilite (mol%) : | 24.6 |
| Classifier : | A. Greshake, MNB |
| Type spec mass (g ): | 20.4 |
| Type spec location : | MNB |
| Main mass : | Jean Redelsperger |
| Comments : | Submitted by Ansgar Greshake |
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NWA 7856 LL6 #1 – 21,4 g
51,95 $NWA 7856 is an iron-poor chondrite type LL6.
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SAHARA 97030 LL5/6 #1 – 10 g
30,89 $SAHARA 97030 is a chondrite meteorite that was discovered in the Sahara in 1997 at the very beginning of the search for meteorites in hot deserts.
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Juvinas Eucrite #1 – 0,09 g
42,12 $Juvinas is a meteorite that fell on June 15, 1821 near the village of Juvinas in France.
This historical meteorite of a total weight of 91 kg is of achondrite eucrite type.