Country:
Northwest Africa
State/District:
Date of fall/find:
Found 2020, March
Total known weight:
2.634 kg
Number of pieces:
67
Type:
Rumuruti chondrite (R4-5)
Shock stage: C-S3
Weathering stage: low
Meteoritical Bulletin record: Click here
History: Purportedly found in 2019 at the border between Algeria and Mali. Purchased by Mohamed Ali (972 g) and Miguel Angel Contreras (1662 g) from a Saharaui dealer in Mauritania in March 2020.
Physical characteristics: Many pieces between a few grams and >500 g, some with fusion crust.
Petrography: (K. Metzler, IfP) Chondritic genomict breccia, consisting of dark host material and light chondritic clasts up to ~2 cm. The host material is of petrologic type 4. It consists of chondrules and chondrule fragments, embedded in recrystallized interchondrule material. Relictic Mg-rich olivine cores can be occasionally observed. The light clasts are strongly metamorphosed and represent type 5 material with clearly recognizable chondrules.