[meteorite-list] Test your Meteorite Knowledge, Win a Free Assortment of Micromounts!

From: Don Merchant <dmerchan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 18:59:14 -0500
Message-ID: <002e01cc1a6e$95f15e50$6401a8c0_at_donaldmerchant>

I totally agree Adam.
Sincerely
Don Merchant
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From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
To: "Adam" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Test your Meteorite Knowledge,Win a Free
Assortment of Micromounts!


> 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
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