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The meteorite fall near Boumdeid, Mauritania, from September 14, 2011

Buhl S., Toueirjenne C., Hofmann B., Laubenstein M., Wimmer K.

Meteorites

2014

Vol. 3, No. 1-2

5--18

On the evening of September 14, 2011 at 21:00 GMT a bright bolide was observed by hundreds of eyewitnesses in the area north and west of the town of Kiffa, in the department of Assaba, in south Mauritania. A terminal fragmentation and sound phenomena were observed near the end point of the trajectory. At least one mass of 3.5 kg was observed to impact and recovered the morning after the fall near Boumdeid (or Bou Mdeid), around 60 km north of Kiffa. Subsequently a large number of eyewitness accounts were recorded and mapped by GPS. The present paper provides a scenario for the trajectory of the Boumdeid (2011) meteorite based on the available parameters and wind data at the relevant altitudes. In addition the paper presents the results of the mineralogical and chemical analysis of the recovered meteorite which is consistent with a classification as ordinary chondrite of type L6, shock stage S2, and a weathering grade of W0. Following its analysis and classification, the meteorite was published under the official name Boumdeid (2011) in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49(8), (2014). Gamma ray spectroscopy was conducted 84 days after the fall and the detection of short-lived radionuclides such as 56Co and 46Sc confirmed the recency of the event. Derived from the data of 60Co, 54Mn and 22Na the approximate preatmospheric radius of the meteorite body was 10–20cm. The report is also intended to serve as a case example for post-event data recovery and trajectory reconstruction in areas not covered by sky-camera networks and with limited scientific infrastructure.

Sołtmany meteorite

Karwowski Ł.

Meteorites

2012

Vol. 2, No. 1-2

15--30

This paper presents the results of a mineralogical and petrological study of the Sołtmany meteorite, which fell on April 30, 2011 in northern Poland. The meteorite was found almost immediately after it fell and has been little altered by weathering. Sołtmany is not the only observed fall of an L6 chondrite over Europe in the past few years. The preceding fall of this type, Jesenice (Slovenia), was also witnessed in April of 2009. However, it was not until several weeks after the fall that the first specimen of Jesenice was found, whereas Sołtmany was collected after a few minutes and submitted for analysis within a couple of days. The author presents mineral and petrographic features and chemical characteristics of mineral phases in Sołtmany. The mineral components are represented by metallic phases (kamacite, taenite, tetrataenite, native copper), as well as chromite, olivine, low and high-calcium pyroxene, feldspar, chlorine-bearing apatite, and merrillite. This study also describes the texture of the meteorite and takes notice of a low number of preserved chondrules and the presence of oval chondrule like areas, which exhibit a metamorphosed, recrystallized texture. Sołtmany was classified as an L6 ordinary chondrite with a weathering grade of W0. A shock stage S2 was determined on the basis of undulose extinction and lack of planar fractures in olivine crystals.