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(Lunar) Meteoritical Bulletin #93
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In May, 2006, we found the place of the fall of a lunar meteorite (NWA).
We drove a good part of the day to reach a mountainous region. Helped by a guide knowing the nomad discoverer of this meteorite, we take a track at nightfall. About twenty kilometers farther we go out of the track, it's dark black. In the light of the headlights of the car, we cross a wadi. Some kilometers later, we arrive to meet the nomad. This one accompanied with his sons drive us to the place of the find. There, we discover a zone of 5x5 m where the ground was sieved. The nomad found in the center of this excavation a lunar meteorite split up in several fragments of variable size.
This type of meteorite being extremely difficult to recognize, several samples were in Erfoud some times after their discovery and were confide to the meteorites dealers passing there for carrying out analyses. When the analysis was known, the various fragments were sold to several international dealers. |
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Anoual meteorite, recovery place © P. Thomas |
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On May 12th, 2007, I returned to the place of the fall of a lunar meteorite with the aim of hunting in the strewn field. Regrettably, the stone broken in numerous fragments discovered by nomads at only some hundreds of meters of their house, adorned to be unique. Nothing more opposes to the disclosure of coordinates and to the declaration of this meteorite. We found 5.92g of this meteorite in 12 fragments. Albert Jambon (UPVI) makes the analysis and the declaration.
This meteorite is paired with the NWA 2727 (191.20 g, 4 pieces), NWA 3160 (34 g, 3 pieces) and NWA 3333 (33 g, always a provisional name). What gives a mass for the whole stone about 270 g. |
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Arrivée à Anoual © P. Thomas |
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Vue sur le village en arrivant par la D3473 © P. Thomas |
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Paysage du début de la piste © P. Thomas |
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Coordonnées GPS de la piste principale qui part d'Anoual © P. Thomas |
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Roches et banc de sable sur le côté de la piste © P. Thomas |
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Patience et longueur de temps... © P. Thomas
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Bifurcation de la piste principale, début d'une piste secondaire peu empruntée © P. Thomas |
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Un des trois oueds a traverser © P. Thomas |
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En arrivant près de la maison des nomades, leur cheval m'accompagne jusqu'à chez eux © P. Thomas |
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Maison des nomades sédentarisés à seulement quelques centaines de mètres de la météorite retrouvée © P. Thomas |
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As soon as that they knew that the fragments of an odd stone found just a step from their house arose from a meteorite and besides from a lunar meteorite, the nomads discoverers hunted neighborhood dedicatedly in search of the other stones. Indeed, these, as soon as they have a free time or on the occasion of survey of the herds in feed, look all year round in the surroundings of the place of the fall. The rain, which can be in certain cases an ally, has of to bring to light the last small fragments found of this meteorite. Indeed, the ground where was found all the fragments was minutely inspected and this of numerous time. But doubtless because of the cleaning of the violent rains which come down on the occasion of a thunderstorm, some small fragments appeared to the surface of the ground. The various fragments of this stone were found, for the biggest in the center of the cleaned zone and for the smallest spread in the surroundings has a maximum distance about 5 m. If this stone broke in so many fragments at the time of the impact it is certainly due to the fact that this meteorite is a breccia. |
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Coordonnées GPS © P. Thomas |
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Coordonnées GPS avec un fragment d'1,1 g de la météorite d'Anoual © P. Thomas |
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Le père et ses deux fils, nomades, découvreurs de cette météorite lunaire © P. Thomas |
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La zone circulaire entièrement fouillée et centrée sur le morceau le plus important retrouvé © P. Thomas |
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Panorama vu de l'emplacement de la chute © P. Thomas |
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Fin de la piste, retour à Anoual © P. Thomas |
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