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Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:34 2004 Message-ID: <007301c3993f$021f4920$75314052_at_monordinateur> C'est un message de format MIME en plusieurs parties. ------=_NextPart_000_0070_01C3994F.C36D6B60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello the List, I have already sent few messages to the List since I got filed a week = ago, but did not really introduce myself (even though some of you may = know me already). Christophe and I have started searching for meteorites in Sahara Desert = about 2 years ago, organizing 3 expeditions so far. We have found = something like 100 different individuals, including 5 carbonaceous = chondrites that have been classified by MNHN Paris, 1 Ureilite and = probably 1 impact melt (that are not classified yet, under analysis at = ENS Lyon). We have been very lucky for our first trip (10 meteorites , finding the = first CM2 from Algeria (Acfer 331 - TKW 750g), one nice CV3 containing = beautiful CAIs (Acfer 328 - TKW 180g) and two non-paired CO3 (Acfer 332 = - TKW 115g & Acfer 333 - TKW 489g). And what to say about the wonderful = feeling we had, when discovering a 30kg ordinary chondrite (Acfer 329 - = L4/L5 W0), half buried !... We got quite crazy, dancing and screaming = around this stone lost in the middle of nowhere. Hopefully there was = nobody to see us, else I guess we would have been taken to some = asylum... That was really unbelievable for a first attempt, moving = around for one week only !!! Our second trip was in April-May 2002. Sand storms and high temperatures = in Tanezrouft did not help that much to keep concentrated on watching = around in order to find those black space rocks. For one week, we had 55 = to 57=B0C between 12 and 4 pm. But, this is when we found "Naomie", a = 5.4 kg carbonaceous chondrite that has been officially named Tanezrouft = 057 by the Meteoritical Society, classified by the MNHN Paris as a C4 = anomalous. This stone is amazing. There is no fusion crust at all = despite it was almost completely buried but it is very dark, from the = black colour of its matrix. And cutting slices is so exciting, as each = new section shows incredible inclusions (CAIs, Dark Inclusions) and = clasts ! If some of you like to see some pictures, you can link to the = page of our web site : = http://meteoriteshow.free.fr/meteoriteshow%20angl/pages%20meteorites/ck4.= html. And during our last trip, we did not find any carbonaceous chondrite = upon the 43 individuals that we brought back, but as mentioned before we = got one Ureilite weighing 68g and an even smaller stone weighing 50g = which is highly suspected to be an impact melt... We started searching for meteorites as Desert lovers who heard about the = fact that some have been found over there, who were looking for more = good reasons to enjoy those wonderful landscapes. And I can tell you, = this is a great experience and we will go again this winter, searching = for new finds and why not witnessing a fall one evening at the bivouac = when watching shooting stars (this is our dream of course !). Well, I don't want to make it so long, but should you like to see more = about our collection and expeditions, you can have a look at our web = site : http://www.meteoriteshow.com. Any comment is welcome, specially = about possible mistakes that you may detect as we may have left some ! I = will be glad to answer to you if you have some questions. Should any of = you be interested in some complete meteorites (that are non classified = ordinary chondrites with no real scientific interest but nice shapes) or = slices of classified meteorites, we have some for sale in order to = finance our trips and will be happy to respond your requests. From time = to time, we put on line a list of slices for sale with pictures and will = inform the List. All of them are duly documented with pictures and GPS = coordinates, supplied with an authenticity certificate, and we can send = pictures snapped on site and the complete ID cards can be downloaded = from our web site. That's all for now folks ! All the best Frederic Beroud www.meteoriteshow.com PS : I have a question. As a new comer to the community of meteorites, I = am trying to become an IMCA member, but after more than a month since I = contacted them I never got any reply... Does anybody can help ? ------=_NextPart_000_0070_01C3994F.C36D6B60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type = content=3Dtext/html;charset=3DISO-8859-1> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY text=3D#000000 bgColor=3D#ffffff><!--[if !mso]><![endif]--><!--[if = gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:DoNotRelyOnCSS/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:GrammarState>Clean</w:GrammarState> <w:DocumentKind>DocumentEmail</w:DocumentKind> <w:HyphenationZone>21</w:HyphenationZone> <w:EnvelopeVis/> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */=20 table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello the List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have already sent few messages to the = List since=20 I got filed a week ago, but did not really introduce myself = (even=20 though some of you may know me already).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Christophe and I have started searching = for=20 meteorites in Sahara Desert about 2 years ago, organizing 3 expeditions = so far.=20 We have found something like 100 different individuals, including 5 = carbonaceous chondrites that have been classified by MNHN Paris, 1 = Ureilite and=20 probably 1 impact melt (that are not classified yet, under analysis at = ENS=20 Lyon).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We have been very lucky for our first = trip (10=20 meteorites , finding the first CM2 from Algeria (Acfer 331 - TKW 750g), = one nice=20 CV3 containing beautiful CAIs (Acfer 328 - TKW 180g) and two non-paired = CO3=20 (Acfer 332 - TKW 115g & Acfer 333 - TKW 489g). And what to say about = the=20 wonderful feeling we had, when discovering a 30kg ordinary chondrite = (Acfer 329=20 - L4/L5 W0), half buried !... We got quite crazy, dancing and screaming = around=20 this stone lost in the middle of nowhere. Hopefully there was nobody to = see us,=20 else I guess we would have been taken to some asylum... That was really=20 unbelievable for a first attempt, moving around for one week only=20 !!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Our second trip was in April-May 2002. = Sand storms=20 and high temperatures in Tanezrouft did not help that much to keep = concentrated=20 on watching around in order to find those black space rocks. For one = week, we=20 had 55 to 57=B0C between 12 and 4 pm. But, this is when we found = "Naomie", a 5.4=20 kg carbonaceous chondrite that has been officially named Tanezrouft 057 = by the=20 Meteoritical Society, classified by the MNHN Paris as a C4 anomalous. = This stone=20 is amazing. There is no fusion crust at all despite it was almost = completely=20 buried but it is very dark, from the black colour of its matrix. And = cutting=20 slices is so exciting, as each new section shows incredible inclusions = (CAIs,=20 Dark Inclusions) and clasts ! If some of you like to see some pictures, = you can=20 link to the page of our web site : <A=20 href=3D"http://meteoriteshow.free.fr/meteoriteshow%20angl/pages%20meteori= tes/ck4.html">http://meteoriteshow.free.fr/meteoriteshow%20angl/pages%20m= eteorites/ck4.html</A>.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>And during our last trip, we did not = find any=20 carbonaceous chondrite upon the 43 individuals that we brought back, but = as=20 mentioned before we got one Ureilite weighing 68g and an even smaller = stone=20 weighing 50g which is highly suspected to be an impact = melt...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We started searching for meteorites as = Desert=20 lovers who heard about the fact that some have been found over there, = who were=20 looking for more good reasons to enjoy those wonderful landscapes. And I = can=20 tell you, this is a great experience and we will go again this winter, = searching=20 for new finds and why not witnessing a fall one evening at the bivouac = when=20 watching shooting stars (this is our dream of course !).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Well, I don't want to make it so long, = but should=20 you like to see more about our collection and expeditions, you can have = a look=20 at our web site : <A=20 href=3D"http://www.meteoriteshow.com">http://www.meteoriteshow.com</A>. = Any=20 comment is welcome, specially about possible mistakes that you may = detect as we=20 may have left some ! I will be glad to answer to you if you have some = questions.=20 Should any of you be interested in some complete meteorites (that are = non=20 classified ordinary chondrites with no real scientific interest but nice = shapes) or slices of classified meteorites, we have some for sale = in order=20 to finance our trips and will be happy to respond your requests. From = time to=20 time, we put on line a list of slices for sale with pictures and will = inform the=20 List. All of them are duly documented with pictures and GPS coordinates, = supplied with an authenticity certificate, and we can send pictures = snapped on=20 site and the complete ID cards can be downloaded from our web = site.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>That's all for now folks !</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>All the best</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Frederic Beroud<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.meteoriteshow.com">www.meteoriteshow.com</A></FONT></D= IV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>PS : I have a question. As a new comer = to the=20 community of meteorites, I am trying to become an IMCA member, but after = more=20 than a month since I contacted them I never got any reply... Does = anybody=20 can help ?</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0070_01C3994F.C36D6B60-- Received on Thu 23 Oct 2003 04:23:55 AM PDT |
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