[meteorite-list] Back from the Sahara
From: meteoriteshow <meteoriteshow_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:57 2004 Message-ID: <003f01c416fe$6dd9a1a0$6396e052_at_monordinateur> C'est un message de format MIME en plusieurs parties. ------=_NextPart_000_003C_01C4170F.30CB61C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello to everyone & evreybody! I've been off for more than a month, for a trip in the Sahara Desert, = where I was expecting to find some new meteorites... We were three cars = leaving from France, and after a few days needed to reach our "target", = we started moving around and started by finding some neolithic stone = tools and fulgurites. But the strewnfield of meteorites was still some = hundreds of km further, when one of the other cars had a mechanical = breakdown. Too much electronic devices in this car, and we could not = find any solution to make it run again. One solution only was possible: = to make a U-turn, towing that car back to the ferry in Tunis. It took us = more than a week, and we finally managed to bring it back. But then, what is the result of that trip? No meteorite as you can = imagine... Or maybe one stone that is doubtfull and that I brought back, = but I have not much hope. I'll show it soon to the MNHN in Paris. But = some beautiful neolithic stone tools, such as arrow heads, axes, = grinding bowls & grinders, etc... and also a nice batch of fulgurites. = I'll show some on our website as soon as possible, but even before that, = should some of you be interested in getting some pics, you can e-mail us = and I'll come back to you! I will also put some pictures of the = expedition on line. Anyway, this experience shows that meteorites are not that easy to find. = Even when one knows where to go, he's never sure to reach the place. = He's not even sure to find any when reaching the place. We were quite = lucky the previous times we went hunting in the Sahara, and this time I = guess we were quite lucky to bring back the faulty car, as we had to = cross some dunes on our way,which was not an easy job for my friend who = was towing it... So, sorry for not being able to show some new meteorites this time, but = we'll go again as soon as possible, hoping that we'll be more = successful! In the meantime, we wait for our new classified meteorites = to be published in the Meteoritical Bulletin, including one ureilite and = a nice tiny impact melt that we found in November 2002, and we'll let = you know as soon as they will appear in MB #88. All the best to you! Fr=E9d=E9ric Beroud www.meteoriteshow.com IMCA #2491 _ |_______ |_______| :O||||||O: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ||______|| ------=_NextPart_000_003C_01C4170F.30CB61C0 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> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Hello to everyone & = evreybody!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>I've been off for more than a month, = for a trip=20 in the Sahara Desert, where I was expecting to find some new = meteorites... We=20 were three cars leaving from France, and after a few days needed to = reach our=20 "target", we started moving around and started by finding some neolithic = stone=20 tools and fulgurites. But the strewnfield of meteorites was still some = hundreds=20 of km further, when one of the other cars had a mechanical breakdown. = Too much=20 electronic devices in this car, and we could not find any solution to = make it=20 run again. One solution only was possible: to make a U-turn, towing that = car=20 back to the ferry in Tunis. It took us more than a week, and we finally = managed=20 to bring it back.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>But then, what is the result of that = trip? No=20 meteorite as you can imagine... Or maybe one stone that is doubtfull and = that I=20 brought back, but I have not much hope. I'll show it soon to the MNHN in = Paris.=20 But some beautiful neolithic stone tools, such as arrow heads, axes, = grinding=20 bowls & grinders, etc... and also a nice batch of fulgurites. I'll = show some=20 on our website as soon as possible, but even before that, should some of = you be=20 interested in getting some pics, you can e-mail us and I'll come back to = you! I=20 will also put some pictures of the expedition on line.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Anyway, this experience shows that = meteorites are=20 not that easy to find. Even when one knows where to go, he's never sure = to reach=20 the place. He's not even sure to find any when reaching the place. We = were quite=20 lucky the previous times we went hunting in the Sahara, and this time I = guess we=20 were quite lucky to bring back the faulty car, as we had to cross some = dunes on=20 our way,which was not an easy job for my friend who was towing=20 it...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>So, sorry for not being able to show = some new=20 meteorites this time, but we'll go again as soon as possible, hoping = that we'll=20 be more successful! In the meantime, we wait for our new classified = meteorites=20 to be published in the Meteoritical Bulletin, including one ureilite and = a nice=20 tiny impact melt that we found in November 2002, and we'll let you know = as soon=20 as they will appear in MB #88.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>All the best to you!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Fr=E9d=E9ric Beroud<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.meteoriteshow.com">www.meteoriteshow.com</A><BR>IMCA=20 #2491</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana=20 size=3D2>_<BR>|_______<BR>|_______|<BR>:O||||||O:<BR>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D<BR>||______||</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_003C_01C4170F.30CB61C0-- Received on Wed 31 Mar 2004 03:59:08 AM PST |
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