[meteorite-list] Why is Gujba not in the "Catalogue?"

From: Lance Wozniak <yumalan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:05:50 -0700
Message-ID: <00e001c73e4f$f39d76b0$0500a8c0_at_LanceMobile>

Re: [meteorite-list] Why is Gujba not in the "Catalogue?"Thanks Eric and Mike for the information,

When I purchase a mereorite eventually I make a "Booklet" with as much information as I can find. I locate a map on the internet with coordinates and take photos of what I own as well. It's a hobby, collecting, right? Sometimes you have to dig a little more to get the "rest of the story." Thanks guys.

Lance Wozniak

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Eric Twelker
  To: Lance Wozniak
  Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 8:15 PM
  Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Why is Gujba not in the "Catalogue?"


  Hi Lance

      The story on Gujba is this-it fell in 1984 and was collected immediately-or parts of it were. The locals broke it into bits to look for precious gems as is the Nigerian custom-hmm. At that time, a piece made its way to a Polish oil exploration group in the area and some larger pieces made it to the University of Maidugeri in Boro State. The UM people published an article about it in their journal-The Annuls of Borno State. The Poles took the piece back to Poland and no one let anyone associated with the meteorite world know of its existence. There it sat.

      In about 2000, a regular meteorite supplier of mine in Nigeria sent me a DHL bag-complete with holes-and a crumbly rock inside with pieces falling out. He thought this thing was a meteorite. I sent it to Alan Rubin with a note that it looked like we had a new Bencubbinite on our hands. Alan did the workup on it and while he was doing that he found that someone in Pennsylvania had a similar piece from Poland. He traced back and found the other references. He then submitted it to the Bulletin.

      So the answer is that it just escaped notice of the meteorite world until after publication of the Catalogue. I could give exact dates on all this if you like. But that's the general story.

      Regards,

      Eric Twelker
      http://www.meteoritemarket.com




    I was just gathering information on some meteorites I own and noticed that Gujba, CB3 does not appear as an entry in Catalogue of Meteorites, Fifth Edition by Monica Grady which was first published in 2000. This was long after Gujba was discovered in 1984. Meteorites from A to Z, Second Edition does have it listed. It shouldn't take longer than 16 years for a publication to get caught up, don't you think? Can anybody shed some light on this for me?

    Thanks,
    Lance Wozniak
    Yuma,AZ


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