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.
In a clear sky, a fireball, followed by a trail of smoke was seen over Havana, Cuba, and then fell to the ground in a shower of fragments in the Vinales Valley, 180 km from the capital, in the west of the country… Falling around 1:30 pm local time, on February 1, without causing any casualties, the fall of the meteorite was accompanied by a lightning bolt and a strong explosion. This meteorite was classified as an ordinary chondrite type L6, about 50 kg of this meteorite were found.
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
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
