This small meteorite is from the NWA 869 strewn field, near
Tindouf, Algeria. Currently classified as an L5 Common
Chondrite, it shows brecciation and even carbon inclusions.
This is a regular line and the image shows an example
of the specimen.
Your North West African common chondrite was purchased from
a Berber collector, who obtained it in the region around the
Tindouf, to the South of Agadir. The exact location of the
strewn field (discovered in 2000) has been kept a closely
guarded secret by its finders!
NWA 869 is much-
stuided meteorite, classified variously as L3 to L6: some
examples show brecciation and higher metal content than
others. Your meteorite seems to be an L4/5 and shows some
regmaglypting and primary fusion crust. It is very difficult
to date meteoric finds accurately, but it is not heavily
weathered and probably fell to Earth less than 10,000 years
ago.
Common chondrites consist of pieces of
undifferentiated accretyed material that formed within the
solar nebula around 4.5 billion years ago; as such, they are
among the oldest rocks in the Solar System.
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This small meteorite is from the NWA 869 strewn field, near
Tindouf, Algeria. Currently classified as an L5 Common
Chondrite, it shows brecciation and even carbon inclusions.
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