[meteorite-list] Question/Concern
From: SaharaTeam_at_aol.com <SaharaTeam_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:43:33 2004 Message-ID: <86.cf2d927.288d6269_at_aol.com> --part1_86.cf2d927.288d6269_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Steve and all, > My concern is that it seems to me that of all the meteorites > coming out of Africa, the Saharas, the NWA's, the Dag's etc. the > majority of the ones that are getting analysed and authenticated and > classified, therefore getting names, making them "offical meteorites" > are the rarer ones. Carbonaceous chondrites, HED's, SNC's, > Achondrites etc etc.. > Here are the results for Dar al Gani and Hamada al Hamra finds (Libya), with all the meteorites classified, compared to global falls: Global Falls Dar al Gani H. al Hamra L . . . . . . . 350 . . . . . . . 319 . . . . . . . . 113 H . . . . . . . 316 . . . . . . . 382 . . . . . . . . 115 Achondrite . 78 . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . 10 LL . . . . . . 72 . . . . . . . . 60 . . . . . . . . . 42 Iron . . . . . . 48 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 0 CC . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . 63 . . . . . . . . . 5 E . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 0 Stony-iron . 12 . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 0 Achondrite % - Hamada al Hamra 3.5 % - Dar al Gani 5.0 % - Global Falls 8.4 % The data with NWA (North West Africa) are not exploitable because many ordinary chondrites are not classified. For information, NWA achondrites: 18 finds Best regards, Richard & Roland Pelisson http://www.saharamet.com/ --part1_86.cf2d927.288d6269_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>Hi Steve and all, <BR> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> My concern is that it seems to me that of all the meteorites <BR>coming out of Africa, the Saharas, the NWA's, the Dag's etc. the <BR>majority of the ones that are getting analysed and authenticated and <BR>classified, therefore getting names, making them "offical meteorites" <BR>are the rarer ones. Carbonaceous chondrites, HED's, SNC's, <BR>Achondrites etc etc.. <BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="1"></BLOCKQUOTE> <BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="1"> <BR>Here are the results for Dar al Gani and Hamada al Hamra finds (Libya), with <BR>all the meteorites classified, compared to global falls: <BR> <BR> Global Falls Dar al Gani H. al Hamra <BR> <BR> L . . . . . . . 350 . . . . . . . 319 . . . . . . . . 113 <BR> H . . . . . . . 316 . . . . . . . 382 . . . . . . . . 115 <BR> Achondrite . 78 . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . 10 <BR> LL . . . . . . 72 . . . . . . . . 60 . . . . . . . . . 42 <BR> Iron . . . . . . 48 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 0 <BR> CC . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . 63 . . . . . . . . . 5 <BR> E . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 0 <BR> Stony-iron . 12 . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . 0 <BR> <BR>Achondrite %</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="1"> <BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="1"> - Hamada al Hamra 3.5 % <BR> - Dar al Gani 5.0 % <BR> - Global Falls 8.4 % <BR> <BR>The data with NWA (North West Africa) are not exploitable because many <BR>ordinary chondrites are not classified. <BR>For information, NWA achondrites: 18 finds <BR> <BR>Best regards, <BR> <BR>Richard & Roland Pelisson <BR>http://www.saharamet.com/ <BR></FONT></HTML> --part1_86.cf2d927.288d6269_boundary-- Received on Mon 23 Jul 2001 07:20:09 AM PDT |
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