L3-5
TKW 2 kg. Fall not observed. Found 1999.
TGMS17 writes:
Seen at the 2017 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, Hotel Tucson City Center, room 111 (Pani Ahmed)
From the MetBul:
Hassi Labyade, Er Rachidia, Morocco
Possibly fell 1999 June, 23 hrs local time
A. Pani purchased ~2 kg of a meteorite broken into several fragments from an anonymous finder who claims to have recovered it after observing it fall. Mineralogy and classification (F. Brandstätter, NHMV): a brecciated meteorite covered by black fresh fusion crust; interior is light-grey, with white-grey and dark-grey angular fragments (<1 cm up to several centimeters in size); main part has type 3 texture with well-defined chondrules, some with brownish glass; chondrules in some clasts are slightly deformed and matrix is recrystallized, typical of petrologic type 4 or 5;
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