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

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:43:53 +0200
Message-ID: <468a7cc9.264.19a8.282421166_at_webmailh3.aruba.it>

probably the work is not ended seen many pieces is not
present in the list, the 90+ kg. is not the final tkw.
Now I need another piece of this meteorite for a trade here
in Italy.

Matteo

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Da : matt <metlist at plu.to>
A : Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Oggetto : Re: [meteorite-list] Catalog of the recovered
Bassikounou masses released
Data : Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:25:48 +0100

> 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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