[meteorite-list] First report of a New Fall!

From: J. <J._at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:30 2004
Message-ID: <01d701c2dc30$451bb5a0$4e8328d1_at_yourus67pi6luv>

Matteo, I was just informed by a respected list member that this "fall" is
in South Africa, and not Morocco. I haven't been there, but I don't believe
South Africa has the harsh conditions like Morocco.

Joel

----- Original Message -----
From: "M come Meteorite Meteorites" <mcomemeteorite2000_at_yahoo.it>
To: "MARK BOSTICK" <thebigcollector_at_msn.com>;
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First report of a New Fall!


> Hello Mark
>
> If you want I put some photos of my NWA I have here,
> have the same desert crust visible in the photo, I not
> see the different. El Hammami, Zag, and other
> meteorites from desert have a fresh fusion crust and
> matrix. If this is a real fall this not have a fresh
> crust and the same a matrix. When I have find my
> Tessera, some pieces they had the black crust,and for
> this had thought that they came from the big bolide
> seen it pass 2 first weeks, but the examination to the
> isotopes did not given confirmation that this was a
> recent fall. I am sorry but this meteorite is not
> paired to other recent or old falls in Africa, the
> crust in the desert go out after many years, never see
> a Bensour with crust weathered after only few months,
> is all complete and fresh, the same for Zag, after 1
> year the crust is fresh. In this image this is not
> visible, is paired to other normaly NWA I have here
> and see in many other dealers sites.
> Regards
>
>
> Matteo
>
> --- MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_msn.com> wrote:
> > Hello Matteo and List,
> >
> > Matteo wrote: "I have see the photo and is many
> > strange this pieces
> > not have a fresh crust - type Bensour or Hadeja - if
> > is fall few months ago, is many similar to normaly
> > NWA
> > finds in desert."
> >
> > Depending on the region of the fall it would not
> > surprize me not to see nice
> > Bensour like crust on this meteorite. Most of the
> > Bensour and Hadeja
> > meteorites were picked up within days of fall, July
> > 21, 2002 is several
> > months and plenty of time for desert wind and sand
> > to have stripped most of
> > the crust off of many of the meteorites.
> >
> > Matteo also wrote "However I have asked a piece of
> > 10 gr. to observe
> > better."
> >
> > Could you explain what you plan to do to observe it
> > better. Since another
> > team has made it to the strewn field I am sure we
> > will hear more on this
> > fall in a short time.
> >
> > Congradulations on the recovery to Adam and Greg
> > Hupe. It is not often we
> > see an H4 with a light colored matrix, as it appears
> > in the photo.
> >
> > Mark Bostick
>
>
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