[meteorite-list] Is Amgala Official? / New Bulletin

From: michel CN <michel_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed May 11 03:51:59 2005
Message-ID: <000001c555fe$4c46a700$0401000a_at_your6da8e58346>

Hi All,
This wall is caled the Berm.
Raised by the morrocan invadors to stop the sahraoui people to be free
on their own land.
Best regards
Michel FRANCO



> -----Message d'origine-----
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> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com] De la
> part de Zelimir Gabelica
> Envoy? : mardi 10 mai 2005 18:52
> ? : meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> Objet : Re: [meteorite-list] Is Amgala Official? / New Bulletin
>
>
> Hi Jeff, Jeff and List,
>
> Wow, a wall of 670 km long! Or is it 670 m ?
>
> The "Amgala" (for which, I presume the new name shuld be now
> "Oum Dreyga"
> ?) tkw, as mentioned on Ph. Thomas' site, is indeed about 17 kg.
>
> But I also know of some people (meteorite hunters) having recently
> (March-May 2005) brought more "Amgala" from Morocco. I saw
> several dozens
> of large complete stones and I could personally purchase,
> among others, an
> individual of 500+ grams. So that the tkw should be larger.
>
> Is anyone from the List able to achieve some more accurate
> compilation so
> as to better evaluate the real tkw ? I can also try from the
> above source.
> I'll keep in touch if I learn more.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Zelimir
>
>
> A 10:18 10/05/05 -0400, vous avez ?crit :
> >We are just days away from releasing a preview version of the new
> >bulletin. There will be several weeks during which you can
> make comments
> >to the editor before publication.
> >
> >We are just days away from releasing a preview version of the new
> >bulletin. There will be several weeks during which you can
> make comments
> >to the editor before publication.
> >
> >Here's a pre-preview look at the entry pertaining to the
> name "Amgala":
> >
> >Oum Dreyga 28?18'N, 13?6'W
> > Gour Lafkah, Western Sahara
> > Fell 200316 October, 02:00 UT
> > Ordinary chondrite (H3-5)
> >On 16 October 2003, Moroccan soldiers stationed in Western
> Sahara saw
> >a
> >meteorite falling on Gour Lafkah Mountains, south of Zbayra,
> about 21 km
> >from Oum Dreyga. The meteorite fell near a 670 km long wall
> built in 1985,
> >protected by antipersonnel mines, and guarded by soldiers.
> About 17kg were
> >recovered. Stones from this fall were later brought to
> Moroccan dealers.
> >Most of them have been collected after a rainfall and are
> thus slightly
> >oxidized. However, some fragments have been picked up soon
> after the fall;
> >these are very fresh. Fragments have been sold under the
> names Amgala and
> >Gor Lefcah. Classification and mineralogy (M. Bourot-Denise,
> MNHNP): very
> >fresh, with a black fusion crust; H3-5 breccia (Fa16.7?
> 6.0; 19.5 ? 0.8;
> >Fs14.4 ? 4.4; 17.4 ? 1.3), S4, W0. Specimens: type specimen
> 20 g and two
> >polished mounts, MNHNP; one 1 kg complete stone and 30
> fragments totalling
> >862 g with Philippe Thomas.
> >
> >Jeff
> >
> >
> >At 09:40 AM 5/10/2005, you wrote:
> >G'day list,
> >
> >I'm curious if Amgala has been officially accepted yet and
> whether it
> >will appear in the next bulletin. I know that one
> classification came
> >back as H3.7-5 but I thought there may have been other labs
> working on
> >this fall too?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Jeff Kuyken
> >I.M.C.A. #3085
> >www.meteorites.com.au
> >
> >
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> >At 09:40 AM 5/10/2005, you wrote:
> >>G'day list,
> >>
> >>I'm curious if Amgala has been officially accepted yet and
> whether it
> >>will appear in the next bulletin. I know that one
> classification came
> >>back as H3.7-5 but I thought there may have been other labs
> working on
> >>this fall too?
> >>
> >>Cheers,
> >>
> >>Jeff Kuyken
> >>I.M.C.A. #3085
> >>www.meteorites.com.au
> >>
> >>
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