Country:
Algeria
State/District:
Alger, Sour el Ghozlane
Date of fall/find:
Fell 1865, August 25 1100-1200
Total known weight:
50 kg (approx.)
Number of pieces:
2
Type:
Stone. Ordinary chondrite, veined
Shock stage: d
Meteoritical Bulletin record: Click here
Two stones, each of about 25kg, fell about 3 miles apart, one in "tribe" of Senhadja, the other in "tribe" of Ouled Sidi Salem, G.A.Daubrée, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 1866, 62, p.72, M.H.Hey, Cat. Met., 1966, p.33. Infrared photometry, albedo, JHK colors, M.Leake et al., Meteoritics, 1978, 13, p.101. Shock classification, R.T.Dodd and E.Jarosewich, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 1979, 44, p.335. Bulk analysis, 21.65% total Fe, olivine Fa23.4, R.T.Dodd and E.Jarosewich, Meteoritics, 1981, 16, p.93. Major and trace element data, shock vacies d, C.W.Neal et al., GCA, 1981, 45, p.891. Bulk analysis of Ni-rich spinels in fusion crust, E.Robin et al., LPSC, 1992, 23, p.1159 (abs.); see also, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 1992, 108, p.181. Determination of bulk density, S.L.Wilkison and M.S.Robinson, MAPS, 2000, 35, p.1203. Magnetic susceptibility, P.Rochette et al., MAPS, 2003, 38, p.251.