[meteorite-list] Catalog of the recovered Bassikounou masses released

From: Meteoriteshow <meteoriteshow_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 18:34:40 +0200
Message-ID: <018c01c7bd90$0e718750$0200a8c0_at_IBM>

Yes, definitely a fantastic job that had never been done on any meteorite fall before, as far as I know.
Thanks a lot for sharing those prcious information!
All the best.

Frederic Beroud
http://www.meteoriteshow.com
IMCA member # 2491 (http://www.imca.cc/)

----- Original Message -----
From: "matt" <metlist at plu.to>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Catalog of the recovered Bassikounou masses released


> An absolutely stunning piece of work, well done Svend and Matthias. I've
> only managed a quick browser through so far, but look forward to
> spending longer reading it later. It's enlightening to see this amount
> of detail regarding a fall and it's subsequent collection/distribution.
>
> Thanks for all your time and effort,
>
> Matt.
>
> info at niger-meteorite-recon.de wrote:
> > We are pleased to announce that the Descriptive Catalog on the Recovered Masses of the Bassikounou Meteorite Fall is now
available as a non-commercial download.
> >
> > The catalog lists 108 single masses of a combined weight of 62.186kg (including the 6.120kg main mass) individually and another
31.665kg in lots. More than 80 individual masses are pictured. The final TKW of the Bassikounou meteorite fall is 93.851kg.
> >
> > In the latest phase of this undertaking we have often been approached by collectors explaining that regarding to their
observations the TKW should be much higher. To prove their point they showed us images of single Bassikounou meteorites or complete
lots they were offered recently. In 99% of these cases we had cataloged the particular masses before either individually or under a
certain lot.
> >
> > In this context it might be interesting for some of you, that many meteorites change hands already before they get distributed.
Moroccan sellers equip their colleagues with commission material to visit Europe, or they simply exchange certain batches of
material between one another. This is the reason why one and the same meteorite can be offered to you from different sellers from
the same NWA country successively.
> >
> > During our research we were able to follow an exemplary Bassikounou mass on its journey from the local finder, to a distributor
in Morroco, to a meteorite fair in France, to a European mineral dealer and finally to a collector in Canada. During the stations of
the journey this particular meteorite was offered no less than 12 times under different circumstances and with different photos.
> >
> > This in mind it is no wonder that people think there is much more material circulating than actually is. Our experience lead us
to the conclusion that many recent meteorite falls that produced showers are largely overestimated in their total weight.
> >
> > We hope that our investigation may aid the understanding and recovery of future meteorite falls in isolated areas. And we are
positive, that our undertaking helps to sensitize finders as well as distributors in Mauritania and Morocco to preserve the
information that is connected to the meteorites they trade.
> >
> > You can access the complete catalog by clicking at the cover image on the bottom of page 5 of the Bassikounou report:
> >
> > http://www.niger-meteorite-recon.de/en/Bassikounou_Meteorite_5.htm
> >
> > Or simply by copying the direct link into your browser:
> >
> > http://www.niger-meteorite-recon.de/img_inventar/Buhl_Baermann_Catalog.pdf
> >
> > Please allow the large document some time to load.
> >
> >
> > Thanks again to all contributors.
> >
> >
> > Svend Buhl & Matthias Baermann
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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