Classification: Chondrite LL6 Melt Breccia S2 / W1
Place/Time: 2024 in Algeria
Mass: 12kg
History: The meteorite was purchased from a dealer in Algeria.
Physical characteristics: Many dark grayish fragments some of which partly covered with fusion crust.
Petrography: The meteorite shows a fresh grayish interior and is a chondritic melt breccia composed of up to 1 cm sized angular to subrounded LL6 type fragments in a melt rock matrix. Plagioclase grain size in the LL6 regions is about 80 µm; some relict chondrules are present. The finely recrystallized melt rock matrix contains FeNi metal and sulfide spherules.
