NWA 14165 L6 #2 – 25,4 g
88,45 $NWA 14165 is a meteorite of type L6 with a black matrix.
It is an aesthetic meteorite.
NWA 14165 is a meteorite of type L6 with a black matrix.
It is an aesthetic meteorite.
NWA 14165 is a meteorite of type L6 with a black matrix.
It is an aesthetic meteorite.
NWA 10241 is a beautiful LL3 chondrite of only 495 grams.
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 10241 (NWA 10241)
(Northwest Africa)
Purchased: 2015 Jan
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)
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.
Petrography: Well-defined closely packed chondrules. Chondrule mesostasis devitrified.
Geochemistry: Olivine range Fa5.8-39.6. Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.15±0.12 wt%. Orthopyroxene range Fs6.1-14.0.
Classification: LL3
Specimens: 23.5 g at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger. Another 804 g stone exists with the seller, that is not accounted for here.
Sahara 99544 is a very beautiful meteorite type carbonaceous chondrite CO3.
The carbonaceous meteorites CO3 have small chondrules and some metal grains.
Reference fall :
Meteorite of Ornans (France) fallen on July 11, 1868 (6kg).
Sahara 99544 was discovered by Luc Labenne in 1999 in the Sahara.
Sueilila 004 is a meteorite of type L6, discovered by Sid Ahmed Bouchama in the Western Sahara in 2016.
It is a very fresh meteorite, it is classified W0.
Sueilila 004 is a meteorite of type L6, discovered by Sid Ahmed Bouchama in the Western Sahara in 2016.
It is a very fresh meteorite, it is classified W0.
NWA 12732 is a unbrecciated eucrite meteorite of only 79 grams.
The unbrecciated eucrites come from the asteroid Vesta, they are rarer than the brecciated eucrites.
NWA 12732 is a unbrecciated eucrite meteorite of only 79 grams.
The unbrecciated eucrites come from the asteroid Vesta, they are rarer than the brecciated eucrites.
NWA 12732 is a unbrecciated eucrite meteorite of only 79 grams.
The unbrecciated eucrites come from the asteroid Vesta, they are rarer than the brecciated eucrites.
NWA 12732 is a unbrecciated eucrite meteorite of only 79 grams.
The unbrecciated eucrites come from the asteroid Vesta, they are rarer than the brecciated eucrites.
NWA 12732 is a unbrecciated eucrite meteorite of only 79 grams.
The unbrecciated eucrites come from the asteroid Vesta, they are rarer than the brecciated eucrites.
NWA 12732 is a unbrecciated eucrite meteorite of only 79 grams.
The unbrecciated eucrites come from the asteroid Vesta, they are rarer than the brecciated eucrites.
NWA 12732 is a unbrecciated eucrite meteorite of only 79 grams.
The unbrecciated eucrites come from the asteroid Vesta, they are rarer than the brecciated eucrites.
NWA 12732 is a unbrecciated eucrite meteorite of only 79 grams.
The unbrecciated eucrites come from the asteroid Vesta, they are rarer than the brecciated eucrites.
NWA 12732 is a unbrecciated eucrite meteorite of only 79 grams.
The unbrecciated eucrites come from the asteroid Vesta, they are rarer than the brecciated eucrites.
Sayh al Uhaymir 001 is a meteorite that was discovered in the Sultanate of Oman.
This is a significant fall of over 450 kg.
I was lucky enough to be able to prospect on the place and find some fragments of this meteorite in 2011.
Sahara 97002 is a meteorite of type chondrite L5.
It was discovered in the Sahara in 1997 at the very beginning of meteorite prospecting in the Sahara deserts.
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.