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From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 15:57:32 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <413106.75491.qm_at_web30708.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

As far as Antarctic finds go, the numbers are skewed and biased. Every fragment
is counted as a find. The finds from Antarctica are only a fraction of what
they once were. Pretty soon, it won't be cost effective to work this area. If
they counted the number of meteorites from Northwest Africa the same way, then
there would easily be over one million pieces. There must be over 100,000 pieces
of NWA 869 alone! The Sahara Desert is by far the most productive meteorite
producing region in the world, second to none! More weight and rare specimens
have come from this area by far.

Best Regards,

Adam
Received on Tue 24 May 2011 06:57:32 PM PDT