Meteorite Recon | Aridal 006 meteorite find, chondrite, Sahara
Aridal 006 meteorite find, chondrite, Sahara
Aridal 006 meteorite find, chondrite, Sahara
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Aridal 006

Stone, chondrite, H6, W4
Boujdour, South Morocco
Find: April 21, 2013
Finder: S. Buhl
TKW: 325 g
2 endcuts: 179.0 g and 61.3 g

Heavily weathered chondrite found during the 2nd Meteorite Recon expedition in the Bir Aridal DCA, which was discovered by the team in the previous year. The specimen was found on a pleistocene alluvial gravel plain and shows progressed effects of intense surface abrasion.

Inventory #

B-462

Date

November 1, 2015

Category

Chondrites, Finds, Stones