[meteorite-list] New Mauretanian meteorite?

From: Peter Marmet <p.marmet_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:38:08 +0100
Message-ID: <881750D6-02DB-4AA1-BF3E-AAC312C3F163_at_mysunrise.ch>

On behalf of Beda Hofmann, who's e-mails do not make it to the list
at this time:


Hello list

Does anyone know about a recent fall in Mauretania? I have received a
sample
of a meteorite that supposedly fell on October 12, 2006. At first I
did not
believe the story, the stuff looks like El Hammami and probably is
also an H.
However, first results from low-level gamma-spectroscopy indicate it
is really
a recent fall (short-lived radionuclides are present).

Please let me know if somebody knows that other labs are working on the
classification already...

Best regards
Beda Hofmann
beda.hofmann at geo.unibe.ch
Received on Mon 18 Dec 2006 04:38:08 PM PST