Petrography, Geochemistry and classification of BIR OUNANE 005, Lunar Soil (Regolith Breccia).

In September 2022, I came across a rock sample found on Mali, Bir Ounane region. The fragment was a brown rock, with lack of fusion crust. Everything seemed to indicate that it was an unusual type of lunar rock, so the process of analysis and the official classification began. The petrographic and geochemical data obtained both in our laboratory and in the Cascadia Meteorites Laboratory, University of Portland (USA) concluded with the official classification of the meteorite BIR OUNANE 005, a lunar breccia originating from the lunar soil that contains up to 13 different types of lithic and minerals clasts, and also were observed orange and white spherules.