This is a rare opportunity to own a piece of history with this 59.20 gram Bensour, LL6 Chondrite meteorite. This meteorite has a polished surface, slight flow lines on the crust. This unique piece was once part of an old university collection, and now you have the chance to add it to your own collection. Very fine grained monomict breccia composed of olivine (Fa31.6, FeO/MnO = 60.0), orthopyroxene (Wo3.5Fs24.3, FeO/MnO = 36.6), clinopyroxene, and sodic plagioclase with subordinate Ni-rich Fe-Ni metal, troilite and chromite.  Sparse chondrules are present. 

The meteorite has beautiful fresy fusion crust on edge and comes with a COA card and display case. This item is in new condition and comes with all its original aspects. Get your hands on this extraordinary piece today!

Name: Bensour

     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.

Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.

Observed fall: Yes

Year fell: 2002

Country: Morocco

Mass: 45 kg

Bensour

Morocco/Algeria

Found, possible fall, 2002 February 11

Ordinary chondrite (LL6)

Eyewitness accounts from several nomads in the border region of Morocco and Algeria attest to a significant fall of many individual stones on February 11, 2002. However these reports are not detailed. Total weight is estimated to be in excess of 45 kg.  Individual stones (up to 9.2 kg) are very pale grey with a glistening black fusion crust.

  Classification and mineralogy (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS):  Very fine grained monomict breccia composed of olivine (Fa31.6, FeO/MnO = 60.0), orthopyroxene (Wo3.5Fs24.3, FeO/MnO = 36.6), clinopyroxene, and sodic plagioclase with subordinate Ni-rich Fe-Ni metal, troilite and chromite.  Sparse chondrules are present. 

Oxygen isotopes (D. Rumble, CIW): analyses of two whole rock fragments by laser fluorination gave δ18O = +5.3 ± 0.1, δ17O = +4.0 ± 0.1, Δ17O = +1.20 ± 0.01‰.  Specimens: type specimen, 20 g, and one polished thin section, UWS; 1.5 kg, xHupé, main mass, 9.2 kg, MFarmer.