MARE METEORITICS

Name: Erg-Chech
Location: Chergach
Erg Chech
District Timbouctou
North Mali
Africa
Type: Olivine-Bronzite Chondrite H-4

Eyewitnesses reported a single bolide exploding over the city of Adrar in Algeria and descending in numerous glowing fragments towards Mali territory. The following day Mali soldiers committed a search for the remains of what was thought to be a missile launched from Algeria but returned without success. 15 days later Sommane Oueld El Mokhtar a nomad taking care of his camels in the Erg Chech claimed to have found rocks that recently rained from the sky. Finds have now been reported from both sides of the Algerian Mali border. The strewn field is reported to extend over more than 30 miles. It yet has to be confirmed whether the cited event can be connected to the new material or whether the Erg Chech meteorites belong to a different fall. The meteorite was recovered in June of 2007 with a total of 100 kilograms recovered so far.

This meteorite is being researched and has not been published in the Meteoritical Society Bulletins at this time.
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