[meteorite-list] Question-Rissani

From: Pekka Savolainen <pekka.savolainen_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:36 2004
Message-ID: <3EB951F3.7000003_at_dlc.fi>

Hello, Elton and the list,

I have one of these "Rissanis" or "Alnif Rissanis", think the better way
to call them is just unclassified NWAs or unclassified ones purached
from Morocco. The piece is 275g, quite highly weathered chondrite,
havenīt cutted it, so Iīm not going to say anything sure about itīs
classification,
but probably H4?, H5, itīs magnetic and at least this one is a genuine
meteorite...;-

Anyway, itīs a bit questonable to sell these under that name, like Adam
tells in his mail. Just bought this piece to see, what it was, and because
it had a quite nice shape and is nicely vernished, wich may make them
also to look
as wetted.

take care,

pekka

E.L. Jones wrote:

> Hello dam, Jay and List.
>
> While meteorites may come from the Rissani area, these don't look
> kosher to me. On other auctions from the same source the "choundrules"
> look like wind abraided sandstone with the reduction spheres we saw
> posted at Yousef's page. The spheres were too prominate on the surface
> and the dislodged holes were pristine. The specimens even look wetted
> for better photographs. I, frankly, only saw one in that batch of
> auctions which was possibly a meteorite based on the photos, since no
> other characteristics were mentioned in the discriptions.
>
> Anyone else have an opinion or has anyone asked the dealer if the
> stones have any halmarks such as magnetism?
>
>
> Elton
>
> Adam Hupe wrote:
>
>> Hello Jay and List,
>>
>> Rissani is a small town just outside of Eurfoud in Morocco. This is
>> where the dealer who is selling them probably purchased them. It
>> does make it a little confusing listing them this way.
>> All the Best,
>>
>> Adam
>> Hello List! New subscriber and new collector.
>>
>> I have a question, which may have been answered before, but what are
>> these things called Rissani meteorites from Morocco?
>>
>> Here's the link to one recently on eBay
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=2172887361&rd=1
>>
>>
>> <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=2172887361&rd=1>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the help and the interesting discussions (contests aside
>> :) )
>>
>> Jay Foersterling
>
>
>
>
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