[meteorite-list] Meteorite Found in Morocco Contains Little Metal (Benguerir Meteorite)

[Ron Baalke]

http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050115/2005011520.html

Meteorite found in Morocco contains little metal
Arabic News
January 15, 2005

Geo-chemical and mineral analyses of the meteorite found two months ago
near the Moroccan central town of Benguerir show the asteroid belongs to
the ordinary chondrite type, which does not contain much metal matter,
said Mrs Hasna Chennaoui, of the American meteorite directory.

Mrs Chennaoui, also professor at the Casabalanca-Ain Choq science
college, told the Moroccan TVM channel on Thursday the asteroid contains
a lot of sulphide.

She explained studies of chondrites allow to have data on the making of
the solar system and planets, as well as on the disappearance of
dinosaurs or other species that lived on earth.

The scientist added the meteorite arrived on earth from a planet in the
outer space or from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and is
the first to have been declared in Morocco. It has been scientifically
studied and recognized internationally, she went on to say. The
scientist called for the creation in Morocco of a scientific research
body to conduct surveys on asteroids, for the country has all the needed
potentials.