Two unique meteorite rocks fell on the city of Guelmim in recent weeks, prompting scientists, experts, and meteorite hunters to flood the city in search of more valuable rocks.
The first meteorite fell on the eastern side of the city back on November 16, in the “Lamsid” area, 60 kilometers from the city of Guelmim, while the second fell in the northeast of Guelmim on December 9, in the “Teklet” region.
The first sample “probably” belongs to the chondrites group, while the second rare sample belongs to the achondrites group, the third of its kind to ever land on Moroccan territory, according to Hespress AR reports.
Preliminary conclusions indicate that the second meteorite of Guelmim may also belong to the rare operetta class, as only nine stones were found in the history of the world.
The first was found in France in 1834, and the last was in Nigeria in 1974, and therefore this meteorite will be the first of its kind in the history of Morocco.
The studies on both samples, their classification, and field research for the perimeters of the discovery site are ongoing.
These precious stones are enriching the extensive and impressive Moroccan meteorite collection.
Back in 2013, Abderrahmane Ibhi from Ibn Zohr University in Agadir had found strong evidence that they were large impact craters in the High Atlas mountains, resulting from an asteroid hurtling towards Earth dating back approximately 40,000 years ago.
Rocky land and desert close to Tata in southern Morocco has also been the site of significant meteor remnants discoveries, where chunks of asteroids and pieces of the moon were recorded.
More space rocks have been recovered in Morocco than in other countries of a similar size, 95% of which were found in the Tata area.
The most famous find was the Martian meteorite of Tissint, which blasted through the night sky in July 2011, scattering pieces that were collected over the following months.
It’s one of five rocks from the Red Planet ever to be found on Earth and the first to carry traces of Martian soil.
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