3.16g CHERGACH Crusted Oriented Meteorite I Witnessed Fall
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description: On Offer: 3.16g Chergach crusted oriented meteorite Name: Chergach Type: Ordinary Chondrite H5 Observed fall: Yes Description: Oriented crusted fresh individual Chergach H5. This chondrite was witnessed to fall in Mali in 2007. What you get: 3.16 gram Chergach oriented individual as shown, Membrane Storage/Display Box, & signed Certificate of Authenticity. I offer a 100% no questions asked 30 day return policy. SEE OFFICIAL METEORITICAL SOCIETY ENTRY BELOW Chergach Basic information Name: Chergach This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 2007 Country: Mali Mass: 100 kg Classification history: Meteoritical Bulletin: MB 94 (2008) H5 Recommended: H5 [explanation] This is 1 of 10273 approved meteorites (plus 18 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) Comments: Approved 4 May 2008 Writeup Writeup from MB 94: Chergach 23° 41’47’’N, 5° 00’53’W SW El Mokhtar, Erg Chech, Timbuktu district, Mali Fall: 2 or 3 July 2007, daytime Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: In fall and winter, 2007 ~100 kg of meteorites were collected in the Erg Chech, north of Taoudenni. Nomads reported the stones fell after a smoke cloud was seen and several detonations were heard over a wide area during daytime in July 2007. The finder of the first meteorites was Mr Ouled Bleila, who died in a car accident on his way back from the trip to the Chergach strewn field in October 2007. According to the Tuareg people from Algeria who visited the fall site in September 2007, the elliptical strewn field stretches for more than 20 km in a northeasterly direction. No fireball was reported. Physical characteristics: A large number of fusion-crusted stones have been recovered, the largest ones are 17.8 and 13.9 kg, the smallest ones about 1.5 g. Total known weight ~100 kg. Petrography: (E. Gnos, MHNGE; B. H…
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