[meteorite-list] Main mass of Oum Dreyga (Amgala) recovered !

From: philippe thomas <thomasmeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:14 2004
Message-ID: <6460296.1082054779323.JavaMail.www_at_wwinf0601>

Dear List Members,
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Our team has recovered from a soldier from Western Sahara an amazing orient=
ed stone with=20
flow lines (99% crusted) weighing a little bit more of one kilo. This ston=
e seems to be the=20
main mass of this fall.
Mich=E8le Bourot-Denise, from the MNHN of Paris) is actually analysing a sa=
mple of this fall=20
but it appears clearly that this is an ordinary H chondrite.

Some dealers are using as provisional name for this fall =AB Amgala =BB, bu=
t the strewnfield is=20
closer to Oum Dreyga=85 Amgala is 250km far away.

You can see this piece of Oum Dreyga in my website www.meteoritica.com

Best Wishes
Philippe Thomas
Received on Thu 15 Apr 2004 02:46:19 PM PDT