Meteorite Ouargla 010 - Slice
Origin: Algeria
Discovery: 2025
Kind : Martian, SNC, Shergottite (olivine microgabbroic)
TKW: 545 g
Mass: 3.98 g
Format: 3.8cm x 2.7cm
This meteorite has a gabbroic texture characterized by a predominance of irregularly zoned clinopyroxene (48.3%), zoned olivine (27.2%) and maskelynite in elongated crystals (23%), with an average grain size of approximately 800 µm. The majority of olivine crystals show darkening caused by meteorite shock, while some contain preserved magmatic inclusions. Accessory minerals (1.5%) consist of ilmenite, titanochromite and pyrrhotite.
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Martian meteorite... here is a piece of Mars projected into space to reach us after a very long journey. It was during the impact of a meteorite on the planet Mars that a “little piece” was ejected into space.
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This meteorite has a gabbroic texture characterized by a predominance of irregularly zoned clinopyroxene (48.3%), zoned olivine (27.2%) and maskelynite in elongated crystals (23%), with an average grain size of approximately 800 µm. The majority of olivine crystals show darkening caused by meteorite shock, while some contain preserved magmatic inclusions. Accessory minerals (1.5%) consist of ilmenite, titanochromite and pyrrhotite. Martian meteorite... here is a piece of Mars projected into space to reach us after a very long journey. It was during the impact of a meteorite on the planet Mars that a “little piece” was ejected into space. A member of the Meteoritical Society (MetSoc #6863), the international association IMCA #2093 (International Meteorite Collectors Association) and the Glo