{"id":68138,"date":"2023-08-11T09:40:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T07:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=68138"},"modified":"2023-08-30T10:00:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T08:00:05","slug":"oued-el-kechbi-20-l4-005-g","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/product\/oued-el-kechbi-20-l4-005-g\/","title":{"rendered":"Oued El Kechbi #20 L4 &#8211; 0,05 g"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fragment with fusion crust.<\/p>\n<p>Comes with certificate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"page3R_mcid7\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Oued El Kechbi is a chondrite L4 meteorite that fell in Morocco near the town of Akhfennir on March 3, 2023.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On March 3, 2023 at 14:00 GMT, nomadic sheep herders named Derija Bent Yahya, Abo bakr Aabidha, Brika weld Himdah and Elkhadir observed a fireball moving with a SE to NW trajectory falling in the desert region ~45km southwest of Akhfennir, Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>When the meteor entered the atmosphere, the fireball was a yellowish-white color, accompanied by a sonic boom that scattered the farmer&#8217;s herd.<br \/>\nThe meteorites discovered lie in a valley containing desert cobblestones separated by an abundance of small seasonal ponds.<br \/>\nThe first samples were found in the mud, where the surface was wet from recent snow.<br \/>\nAs the seasonal ponds dried, more samples were found.<br \/>\nThe Moroccan Association of Meteorite Hunters recovered 20 samples weighing a total of 1942g. further<br \/>\nfurther discoveries have been made, bringing the total known weight to ~4764g. Coordinates and weights of discoveries<br \/>\nindicate that the distribution ellipse is 4.3 km long, confirming the SE to NW trajectory. 43<br \/>\nstones weighing 1036g were sold to Jean Redelsperger.<\/p>\n<div id=\"writeup\">Physical characteristics: many stones are completely covered by a black molten crust. Some are oriented<br \/>\nand larger stones have regmaglyptes and slickenside surfaces. The fragments<br \/>\nfound in the mud show oxidation stains on crusted surfaces and exposed interiors. The broken face<br \/>\nshows that the interior is composed of light-gray chondrules, FeNi and troilite grains.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":68140,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-68138","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"description-off","8":"first","9":"outofstock","10":"featured","11":"sold-individually","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/68138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=68138"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=68138"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=68138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}