[meteorite-list] Meteorite hunting in Spain (was First meteorites)

From: Martin Altmann <Altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Feb 22 07:39:52 2005
Message-ID: <006701c518dc$38a5f840$e16b9a54_at_9y6y40j>

We have to ask our Spanish list members,
as in Spain there is the only desert in Europe, the Desierto de Tabernas.
Never was there. On the pictures I saw from, I couldn't find a suitable
terrain.
Another problem: In Europe everything is full of metal and slags. Thousands
years of settlement, agriculture, metal melting, wars - if one only thinks
how much metal the last two world wars pumped in the soil. You'll find
everything from Roman coins, medieavel or antique slags, bullets from Thirty
years war, nails from bronze age, but no meteorites. Didn't check the stats,
but we had no European Nininger (Chladni was a kind of a scientific
vagabond) and so the most European meteorites will have fallen in front of
the peoples feet rather than to be found by chance.

Buckleboo!
Martin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Bowling" <minador_at_yahoo.com>
To: "Mark Bowling" <minador_at_yahoo.com>
Cc: "Meteorite Hunters" <meteorite_hunters_at_yahoogroups.com>;
"Meteorite-List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 6:19 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite hunting in Spain (was First meteorites)


> Hi List,
>
> I know Martin, was referring to central Europe, but how about Spain -
> are there some great places to hunt there? I had the impression that
> there is some nice dry areas in some areas, or is the terrain in those
> areas not suitable to meteorite hunting?
>
> Considering the ratio of falls and finds in a region and also factoring
> in the population density, could there be a way to measure how good a
> region will be for meteorite recovery? What other factors should be
> included, and has any work been done on this subject?
>
> Clear skies,
>
> Mark
> Vail, AZ
Received on Tue 22 Feb 2005 07:44:16 AM PST