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7 official records for observed meteorite falls from Morocco including Western Sahara (Bensour is not a moroccan fall)
 
 

Observed meteorite falls from Morocco including Western Sahara © P. Thomas
 
     
 

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640.85 g individual from Douar Mghila fall, preserved in the collection of meteorites of the National Museum of Natural History of Paris © MNHNP

Douar Mghila
Location: Douar Mghila, Morocco
Coordinates: 32° 20'N / 6° 18'W
Date: August 20, 1932
Recovered weight: 1161 g
Class: LL6

 
     
 

30° 10' 48"N, 6° 34' 38"W
The meteorite fragments on the stone where they were broken © M. Franco

Oued el Hadjar
Location: Morocco
Coordinates: 30° 10' 48"N / 6° 34' 38"W
Date: March, 1986
Recovered weight: 1216 g
Class: LL6

 
     
 

Benguerir
Location: Benguerir, Kelaa Sraghna Province, Morocco
Coordinates: 32° 15' N / 8° 09' W
Date: November 22, 2004
Recovered weight: 25-30 kg
Class: LL6

 
     
 

Tamdakht
Location: Tamdakht, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco
Coordinates: 31° 9' 48"N / 7° 0' 54"W
Date: December 20, 2008
Recovered weight: ~100 kg
Class: H5

 
     
 

Itqiy
Itqiy main mass © L. Labenne

Itqiy
Location: Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara
Coordinates: 26° 35' 27"N / 12° 57' 8"W
Date: ~1990
Recovered weight: 4.72 kg
Class: EH7-an (Ungrouped enstatite-rich meteorite)

 
     
 

Om dreyga
Oum Dreyga main mass © P. Thomas

Oum Dreyga
Location: Gour Lafkah, Western Sahara
Coordinates: 24° 18'N / 13° 6'W
Date: October 16, 2003
Recovered weight: 17 kg
Class: H3-5

 
     
 

Zag
Location: Western Sahara or Morocco
Coordinates: 27° 20'N / 9° 20'W
Date: August 4 or 5, 1998
Recovered weight: 175 kg
Class: H3-6

 
         
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