* Astronomy

El Idrissia
Djelfa, Algeria
Fall 1989 March 10
Ordinary chondrite (L6)
After a sonic boom was heard, three pieces of a meteorite were recovered by the police and Bounatiro Lout (an astrophysicist at CRAAG). The total known mass is ~10 kg with each of the pieces weighing between 2 and 4 kg. The meteorite fell near the village of El Idrissia on the desert platform with the nearest town being Ain Lahdjar. Classification and mineralogy (Mounia Messaoudi, IST­USTHB; M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP, B. Devouard, OPGC): olivine, Fa25.3, and pyroxene, Fs18.8, S2 and W1. Specimens: type specimen, 150 g, IST-USTHB and 2 kg, CRAAG; main mass, unknown.
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