Tamdakht meteorite

The Tamdakht meteorite fell near Ouarzazate, Morocco on 20 December 2008 producing a strewn field of approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) by 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) and two small impact craters, one of about 1.1 metres (3 ft 7 in) diameter and 70 centimetres (28 in) depth at 31°09.8′N 7°00.9′W / 31.1633°N 7.0150°W / 31.1633; -7.0150 and the other of about 20 centimetres (7.9 in) diameter and 10 centimetres (3.9 in) depth at 31°09.9′N 07°02.3′W / 31.1650°N 7.0383°W / 31.1650; -7.0383.

[2] On April 22, 2017, small bits of the meteorite were handed out to children at the Boston March for Science.

Petrology: (by Albert Jambon, Omar Boudouma, D. Badia UPVI and M. Denise, MNHNP[1]): Abundant chondrules with visible but not well-delimited outlines.

Numerous pockets with chromite, plagioclase and phosphate (merrilite and Cl-apatite).

Kamacite, with deformed Neumann bands, and taenite, twinned troilite.