Oum Dreyga (Amgala)

On October 16th 2003, Moroccan soldiers stationed in Western Sahara saw a meteorite falling on the Gour Lafkah Mountains, about 21 km from Oum Dreyga at 2:00am local time. The fall location was near the Mauritania border where there is a 670 km long wall that was built in 1985, protected by antipersonnel mines, and guarded by soldiers. Soldiers collected about 17kg of meteorites in total however most were retrieved after rainfall and thus are slightly oxidised. A small number were picked up immediately after the fall and are very fresh. Pieces of this fall were originally sold under the name - Amgala. Oum Dreyga has been classified as an Ordinary Chondrite, H3-5 Breccia. These meteorites have a Shock Rating of 4 and a Weathering Level of W0. Below are four individuals with weights of 7.6g, 15.08g, 36.0g and a 1.0g Oriented Individual. The 15.08g individual is from the first small batch bought out by Mike Farmer and probably represents one of the first collected Oum Dreyga meteorites. It is the freshest meteorite in the Meteorites Australia Collection.

Oum Dreyga (H3-5) 15.08g Individual (MA.04.0028)

Oum Dreyga (H3-5) 15.08g Individual (MA.04.0028)