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This meteorite fell on Niger, south of the Sahara, on August 21st, 1991. It was
witnessed by a seven year old Tuareg boy. Numerous pieces of this were distributed by
a Tuareg man. It is an outstanding, unshocked L5 meteorite, with vugs (hole or pocket)
containing perfectly crystallized micro-minerals. Additionally, and for the first time,
a similarity was discovered in the study of the noble gases in 2 meteorites: the
Mt. Tazerzait and the one that fell on Baskowka, Poland, in August 1996. This could
confirm the hypothesis that swarms of meteorites orbiting in space come from one parent
body. About 110 kilograms was recovered.
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