[meteorite-list] Prospecting for meteorites
From: Sterling K. Webb <kelly_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Nov 18 19:13:48 2005 Message-ID: <437E6E1C.7D58B995_at_bhil.com> Hi, For List members not familiar with the Chinguetti story, see this web page (and following pages) which recount the story: <http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/E/ends/meteorite1.html> Theodore Monad's paper: <http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989CRASM.309..547M> A picture of the supposed fragment: <http://www.meteoritestudies.com/protected_CHINGUET.HTM> Google will get you 432 hits if you want more... Its existence is still a controversy. Oddly, the supposed fragment is widely accepted as a "real" meteorite, while the mass from which it was removed is not, which seems a little paradoxical. Sterling K. Webb -------------------------------------------------------------- bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de wrote: > "I dream to find a similar one, somewhere ... if anyone has a clue > where to prospect, please share it with me, off list, other wise > I will have to charter a 380!" > > Bonjour Michel, hello List, > > The enormous Chinguetti main mass (said to be 100 m long and 45 m high) > in the desert of Adrar (Mauritania) is still waiting for you to go and > get it ;-) > > Bernd > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Fri 18 Nov 2005 07:13:16 PM PST |
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