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

From: michel CN <michel_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed May 11 04:01:24 2005
Message-ID: <000501c555ff$9cd8c300$0401000a_at_your6da8e58346>

Hi Zelimir, Hi list,

Kilometers not meters.
This wall is called the Berm. BTW it is longer.
Raised by the morrocan invadors to stop the sahraoui people to be free
on their own land.

Best regards
Michel FRANCO

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> -----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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