Hello up for sale is Msied classified as a (H4-6) Breccia, This is a NEW FALL from Morocco!!! This gorgeous individual fragment weighs 15.170 grams and is extremely fresh with brecciated texture, fresh black fusion crust, bluish/purple minerals oozing from the martix, and mini regmaglypts! Many stones are fully covered by matte black fusion crust. Interiors of specimens are brecciated with light and dark gray regions. On the evening of November 16, 2021, around 9:30 pm, a fireball was seen by many people in the area of Guelmim and Tan-Tan, Morocco. Field investigations were conducted in December by H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, M. Aoudjehane, L. Zennouri (FSAC and ATTARIK), A. Bouferra and a team from the Moroccan Association of Meteorites to obtain the coordinates of the fall and testimonies of eyewitnesses. Only one explosion was heard and a white color was reported for the visible meteor. Eyewitnesses from Msied village said it was like a broken lightning in the evening lasting 2 or 3 ", moving from north to south and stopping by the mountains. The first stones were found on December 4 following rainfall in the province. Only a few pieces were found totaling less than 2 kg. The strewnfield is about one km long in concordance with a direction north to south reported by eyewitnesses. I recently obtained several hundred grams of this material, only 5 pieces from a Moroccan dealer named Youssef Ait El Caid. This meteorite comes with a COA card. Thanks for your interest and take care.
Name: Msied
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes, confirmed fall
Year fell: 2021
Country: Morocco
Mass: 1900 g
Msied 27.843°N, 10.613°W
Morocco
Confirmed fall: 2021 Nov 16
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4-6)
History: (H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, FSAC, ATTARIK Foundation, Morocco) On the evening of November 16, 2021, around 9:30 pm, a fireball was seen by many people in the area of Guelmim and Tan-Tan, Morocco. Field investigations were conducted in December by H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, M. Aoudjehane, L. Zennouri (FSAC and ATTARIK), A. Bouferra and a team from the Moroccan Association of Meteorites to obtain the coordinates of the fall and testimonies of eyewitnesses. Only one explosion was heard and a white color was reported for the visible meteor. Eyewitnesses from Msied village said it was like a broken lightning in the evening lasting 2 or 3 ", moving from north to south and stopping by the mountains. The first stones were found on December 4 following rainfall in the province. Only a few pieces were found totaling less than 2 kg. The strewnfield is about one km long in concordance with a direction north to south reported by eyewitnesses.
Physical characteristics: Large complete pieces are rare. The main mass is 840 g followed by 560 g then 120 g, 104.6 g and many smaller pieces (the smallest around one gram). Many stones are fully covered by matte black fusion crust. Interiors of specimens are brecciated with light and dark gray regions. Broken stones show minor rusting because of the rainfall that occurred before the specimens were collected. Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 5.23 (mean of 4 measurements).
Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) This specimen is a breccia composed of equilibrated chondrite clasts of various petrologic types. Type 4 clasts consist of well-formed chondrules in a relatively coarse-grained matrix, whereas Type 5 clasts contain fewer well-formed chondrules, and Type 6 clasts are largely recrystallized with only a few relict chondrules and holly leaf-shaped metal grains. In between these lithic clasts is a sparse opaque, very fine grained matrix. Some of the metal in the studied thin section exhibits very slight staining by terrestrial Fe oxides.
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4-6 breccia).
Specimens: 45.3 g including one polished thin section and a polished endcut at UWB; 20.3 g at FSAC; three larger stones (840 g, 560 g, 120 g) and many small pieces totaling 1400 g with WangZ; two larger stones (104.6 g, 47.7 g) and many small pieces totaling 230 g in a private collection in Casablanca, Morocco.
Data from:
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Date:2021 Nov 16
Latitude:27.843°N
Longitude:10.613°W
Mass (g):1900
Pieces:many
Class:H4-6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W0
Fayalite (mol%):19.5±1.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.7±0.1
Wollastonite (mol%):0.9±0.3
Magnetic suscept.:5.23
Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL
Type spec mass (g):65.6
Type spec location:UWB, FSAC
Main mass:WangZ
Comments:Work name WZY-73; submitted by A. Irving
