County: Adrar, Algeria
Place of purchase: Morocco
Date: 2022
Mass (g): 1163
Pieces: many
Class: Achondrite (Mesosiderite)
Weathering grade: high
Classifier: J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Main mass: Jean Redelsperger
History: Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2022.
Physical characteristics: Many brown ireggular stones without fusion crust.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) The rock contains similar abundances of silicate minerals (pyroxene, and plagioclase), and metal and its weathering products. Silicate grain size is about 200 µm. Plagioclase and low-Ca pyroene dominate over Ca-pyroxene. Fe,Ni metal and troilite have been mostly replaced by terrestrial weathering products.