Bensour LL6 Chondrite Meteorites for Sale

• Location: Bensour Coordinates unknown at present, Morocco/Algeria
• Type: Stone, Ordinary Chondrite LL6
• Year of Find/Fall: Found, possible fall, 2002 February 11
• Description: 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 d18O = +5.3 +/- 0.1, d17O = +4.0 +/- 0.1, D17O = +1.20 +/- 0.01 per mil. (From Meteoritical Bulletin 88) According to this article, Bensour is a microbrecciated chondrite with Fa30.7.

# BEN15-6	# BEN25-0	# BEN156-3	ABOUT SCALE Each photo has a small cube one centimeter on a side. The photo above gives you an idea how big it is. The ruler is in inches at the top. The coin is a US dime. If you are interested in a specimen, I will be happy to send you the dimensions or a photo with different scale.
Weight: 15.6 gm	Weight: 25.0 gm	Weight: 156.3 gm
Features: Cut individual	Features: Cut fragment	Features: Individual 85% crust
Price: sold	Price: sold	$990

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