{"id":75665,"date":"2025-05-19T09:48:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T07:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=75665"},"modified":"2025-05-19T17:19:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T15:19:48","slug":"oued-el-kechbi-34-l4-108-g-copie-copie","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/product\/oued-el-kechbi-34-l4-108-g-copie-copie\/","title":{"rendered":"Oued El Kechbi #39 L4 &#8211; 61,3 g"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Complete with fusion crust.<\/p>\n<p>Very rare!<\/p>\n<p>Delivered 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 rancher&#8217;s herd.<br \/>\nThe meteorites discovered lie in a valley that contains desert cobbles separated by an abundance of small seasonal ponds.<br \/>\nThe first samples were found in the mud, where the surface was wet with recent snow.<br \/>\nAs the seasonal ponds dried, more samples were found.<br \/>\nThe Moroccan Association of Meteorite Hunters recovered 20 samples with a total weight of 1942g. Other<br \/>\nother discoveries were made, bringing the total known weight to ~4764g. Coordinates and weights of the finds<br \/>\nindicate that the distribution ellipse is 4.3 km long, and confirm the SE to NW trajectory.  <\/p>\n<p>43 stones 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 mud show oxidation stains on encrusted surfaces and exposed interiors. The broken face<br \/>\nshows that the interior is composed of light-grey chondrules, FeNi and troilite grains.  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":75667,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[567,603,546],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-75665","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-falls-observed","7":"product_cat-l-en","8":"product_cat-ordinary-chondrites","9":"product_shipping_class-petits-articles-en","10":"description-off","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"featured","15":"sold-individually","16":"shipping-taxable","17":"purchasable","18":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/75665","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\/75667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=75665"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=75665"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=75665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}