[meteorite-list] Dhofar Lunaites

From: Matteo Chinellato <mcomemeteorite2000_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:44:34 2004
Message-ID: <20010301060926.2158.qmail_at_web10307.mail.yahoo.com>

Hello all

I have a news from a University probably the dhofar's
martian is not found in Oman but in Dar Al Gani. The
University wait the complete analysis.
Regards

matteo

--- Mike Farmer <farmerm_at_concentric.net> ha scritto: >
I don't know if the Dhofar meteorites are far from
> that at all. How do
> we know the the given information is correct? I do
> not doubt it, but
> after the Dar al Gani mars rocks, it would seem that
> some dishonesty was
> occuring there, popping out a new piece every few
> months, as though they
> did not recognize it from the start as the same damn
> thing.
> Mike Farmer
>
> MeteorHntr_at_aol.com wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 2/28/01 1:44:23 PM Central
> Standard Time,
> > GShanos_at_aol.com
> > writes:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Dear List Members:
> >>
> >> What is the official word? Are all the Dhofar's
> 025, 026 an 081
> >> paired?
> >> Look forward to hearing from everyone.
> >>
> >> Sincerely
> >> Greg Shanos
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello Greg,
> >
> > I have both he 025 and the 026 for sale and there
> is nothing remotely
> > similar
> > to them.
> >
> > With the Dhofar specimens, there is honest
> reporting of all the
> > details of
> > the find; such as the date of find, exact
> longitude and latitude of
> > the
> > finds, accurate TKW info and the like. Also,
> these specimens have
> > been found
> > by professional meteorite hunters and not simply
> gathered by nomads
> > and then
> > run through a system of handlers before brought to
> market like most of
> > the
> > NWA specimens. This is not to be meant as a
> "slam" against the NWA's;
> > I have
> > sold a few NWA's myself and I will sell more in
> the future, it is
> > simply a
> > statement of fact.
> >
> > I think Mike Farmer has been the most open about
> explaining the state
> > of
> > meteorite affairs in Morocco. It is important to
> know however, the
> > Dhofar
> > situation is far from like that.
> >
> > While much of a meteorite's value should stand on
> what type of a
> > meteorite it
> > is, not based on the exact location where it was
> found; one very
> > important
> > consideration in determining a potential value is
> the Total Known
> > Weight
> > found. It might be easy to figure out that all
> (or at least most all)
> > of the
> > EH3 specimen found in the Sahara will (or should
> be) paired, it is
> > next to
> > impossible to know if your Saharan H5 specimen is
> one of a a thousand
> > stones
> > from one fall, or if it might be the entire mass
> of a fall. Or you
> > might not
> > know if next week a new fragment for the same fall
> of your new
> > achondrite
> > might increase the TKW by 10 fold.
> >
> > Thoughts to consider.
> >
> > As to the details of your specific question about
> pairing, you can
> > find a lot
> > of great information at Washington University's
> site here:
> >
> >
>
http://epsc.wustl.edu/admin/resources/moon_meteorites.html
> >
> > I hope this helps.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > Steve Arnold
>


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