Benguerir
Morocco
Fell 2004, November 22, ~11:45 GMT
Ordinary chondrite (LL6)
A
meteorite shower was witnessed to fall near Benguerir
(~50 km due north of Marrakesh, Morocco) by local people
on 2004 November 22nd at ~11:45 GMT. The fall had an
east-to-west trajectory. The estimated total recovered
mass is ~25-30 kg. Three stones fell at the following
localities: Douar Lfokra (32° 13’ 52.9” N,
8° 8’ 56.7” W), Ahl Fouim Sakhra Lourania
(32° 15’ 31.2” N, 8° 10’ 51.9” W)
and Douar Tnaja (32° 15’ 43.1” N, 8° 9’ 1.3” W).
Two additional stones were also found further west,
near Si Abdellah and Tnine Bouchane. A stone weighing
~4 kg, possibly recovered at Douar Tnaja, shows dull
black fusion crust and regmaglypts on one side, and
it is presently held at the office of the Govenor of
the Kelaa Sraghna Province. Another stone weighing
~1.2 kg, possibly from Douar Lfokra, is kept in the
laboratory of the Gendarmerie Royale. Mineralogy and
classification (Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane, Université Hassan
II Aïn Chock, Faculté des Sciences, Département
de Géologie, BP 5366 Maârif Casablanca
Morocco, Albert Jambon, UPVI, Michèle Bourot
Denise, MNHNP): LL6, Fa29±1 Fs25±1, S3,
W0. Specimens: type specimens, ~340 g, Université Hassan
II Aïn Chock, Faculté des Sciences, Département
de Géologie, BP 5366 Maârif Casablanca
Morocco and 46 g, NAU; main mass, Oakes. Some other
pieces are in the Moroccan CNRST (Centre National de
Recherche Scientifique et Technique).
We
have got over 3 kg of this material!
Slices
and fragments
available.
The
price is between US
$7.00 and
US
$9.00 per
gram according to the weight of the piece.
Le prix est de 5,40 € à
7,00 € par
gramme suivant le poids de la pièce. |
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BENGUERIR,
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BENGUERIR,
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BENGUERIR,
LL6, 30X
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LL6, 30X
© Ph. Thomas (click to enlarge) |
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BENGUERIR,
LL6, 30X
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