[meteorite-list] Info needed

From: Jose Campos <josecamposcomet_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 00:28:46 -0000
Message-ID: <001701c7173b$298ca160$1eeb16d5_at_paular2wuci4vh>

Hi Mateo and List,

It also seems to me, that on the photo shown by Mateo, the" E. Africa"
stands for East Africa:

I was born in Mozambique in 1945 - what was known as Portuguese East
Africa - until its independence from Portugal in 1975.
For the Macua tribe (who live in north of Mozambique, the same region where
I was born), the word MUANA means child, kid,
and also, there is vaguely, an area known as "terras de muana" (lands of
muana), - but I do not know its coordinates.
Could this area in northern Mozambique be related to the meteorite shown in
the photo?

Jos? Campos
Portugal


----- Original Message -----
From: "MexicoDoug" <MexicoDoug at aim.com>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Info needed


> Hi Bernd,
>
> A treatment with Babelfish at www.altavista.com tells us that "Poglica" is
> a
> word with a complex indoeuropean etymology, including most closely from
> Slavic. Apparently it most recently means "button", and earlier was
> derived
> from roundish things like goiter and roundish ball.
>
> Interesting observation on the "E" for East Africa. Apparently "Muana" is
> also a Congolese surname (Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) and Camaroon were
> also
> mentioned).
>
> It doesn't look much like an Ivory Coast tektite, but that's what I dug
> out
> of the Internet and probably is more than a coincidence for the locality.
> Might check into the e. African "Galim" locality meteorites from place
> name
> "Adamoua", Cameroon.
>
> Good luck!
> Doug
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
> To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 3:14 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Info needed
>
>
>> Muana Poglica: http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6839/muanaan2.jpg
>>
>> As for the "Muana Poglica", the label says E(ast) Africa not S(outh)
>> Africa,
>> although this doesn't help much. I did a Google search and found the
>> second
>> part of the word "Poglica" but the texts are written with Cyrillic
>> letters.
>> Maybe Sergey can help here.
>>
>>
>> in another museum I have found this meteorite without any info, the crust
>> is
>> complete and fresh, and the face broken show this matrix green color with
>> metal and grey chondrules:
>> http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6710/1mu1.jpg
>>
>> Hello, Holbrook experts out there. Could that be a fresh Holbrook???
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Bernd
>>
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