[meteorite-list] Searching for more of Nakhla
From: Impactika_at_aol.com <Impactika_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:09 2004 Message-ID: <11a.14e7b385.2a85d32c_at_aol.com> --part1_11a.14e7b385.2a85d32c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/9/2002 1:44:05 PM Mountain Daylight Time, ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com writes: > A number of today's dealers won't even blink before flying to > Morocco/Algeria to acquire specimens of a newly fallen LL6, so > I find it curious that one or more of them don't follow up on > a much more valuable Martian meteorite -- and a nahklite at > that. Do the Egyptian export rules prohibit foreigners from > removing meteorites from the country? Last time we discussed the Nakhla meteorite, I asked Alain Carion about it, since he goes to Egypt quite often. He told me that he had visited the area once several years ago and discovered that the strewnfield is gone. Literally. Because of the population explosion, Egypt is trying very hard to increase the size of the fertile areas. One method they have used is to remove about 50cm of top-soil over large areas in the delta and then spread that rich soil thinly over the desert. Apparently it works, I saw a lot of poverty but no starvation when I was there. But you might say that the size of the strewn field has increased dramatically!!!!! :-) Do you still want to go, Rob? And another thing: the Egyptian government is getting very leery of those foreigners who come explore their country. So far they are more worried about archaeological artifacts leaving undetected than strange rocks, but it could change. Anne Black IMCA #2356 www.IMPACTIKA.com e-mail: IMPACTIKA_at_aol.com --part1_11a.14e7b385.2a85d32c_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 8/9/2002 1:44:05 PM Mountain Daylight Time, ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com writes: <BR> <BR> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">A number of today's dealers won't even blink before flying to <BR>Morocco/Algeria to acquire specimens of a newly fallen LL6, so <BR>I find it curious that one or more of them don't follow up on <BR>a much more valuable Martian meteorite -- and a nahklite at <BR>that. Do the Egyptian export rules prohibit foreigners from <BR>removing meteorites from the country? </BLOCKQUOTE> <BR> <BR> <BR>Last time we discussed the Nakhla meteorite, I asked Alain Carion about it, since he goes to Egypt quite often. <BR>He told me that he had visited the area once several years ago and discovered that the strewnfield is gone. Literally. Because of the population explosion, Egypt is trying very hard to increase the size of the fertile areas. One method they have used is to remove about 50cm of top-soil over large areas in the delta and then spread that rich soil thinly over the desert. Apparently it works, I saw a lot of poverty but no starvation when I was there. <BR> <BR>But you might say that the size of the strewn field has increased dramatically!!!!! :-) <BR>Do you still want to go, Rob? <BR> <BR>And another thing: the Egyptian government is getting very leery of those foreigners who come explore their country. So far they are more worried about archaeological artifacts leaving undetected than strange rocks, but it could change. <BR> <BR>Anne Black <BR>IMCA #2356 <BR>www.IMPACTIKA.com <BR>e-mail: IMPACTIKA_at_aol.com</FONT></HTML> --part1_11a.14e7b385.2a85d32c_boundary-- Received on Fri 09 Aug 2002 10:23:40 PM PDT |
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