[meteorite-list] Beni-Mhira.com "Grand Opening" !

From: Matthias Bärmann <majbaermann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:44:59 +0200
Message-ID: <682C34C0B24044F8801AB2DC633DA81C_at_thinkcentre>

Great job, Pierre-Marie, and what a perfect luck for the old shepard that
this meteorite did not turn out to be a hammer.

What a pity that the nice 131 gm mass is already sold.

Best regards
Matthias

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pel? Pierre-Marie" <pierremariepele at yahoo.fr>
To: "MeteoriteList" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 12:35 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Beni-Mhira.com "Grand Opening" !


> After many days of intensive research in the field, we are happy to
> present you the result of our hunting on http://www.beni-mhira.com
>
> The meteorite fell in january 2001 near the city of Beni-M'Hira, 40
> kilometers east of Tatahouine. It was a relatively discreet event in the
> meteorite community (nobody talked about it on the meteorite-list and what
> is on the market ?) compared to some other meteorite falls like Ben Sour,
> Bassikounou?
>
> We decided to go back to Tunisia and locate the strewnfield, note the
> testimonies of witnesses and draw the map of the ellipse.
>
> We met a 85 year old sheppard who saw the main mass fall a few meters from
> him and which dug a one meter large crater. We collected many information
> about the deflagration and less on the fragmentation details.
>
> Our intensive search led to about 150 stones in a 5 sq. kilometers area
> most of which are complete and in pristine conditions. We walked a total
> of 600 kilometers for three meteorite collectors and three expeditions.
>
> Most of the specimen you'll buy on http://www.beni-mhira.com
> will be sold with their gps coordinates and photo in-situ.
>
> In a few time, we will display the map of the strewnfield in a book with
> also the story of our meteorite hunting in Beni-M'Hira strewnfield,
> anecdotes and many photos of the finds.
>
> Prices start at 3$/g up to 5$/g. Free shipping from 100$.
>
> http://www.beni-mhira.com/images/benimhira.jpg
>
> Pierre-Marie Pele, Fabien Kuntz and Marie Gerbet
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Received on Wed 26 Jun 2013 06:44:59 PM PDT