[meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Update - 43 New Approvals and 1 Lunar (The Gobi Desert Opens Up)

From: PolandMET <marcin_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 12:44:32 +0100
Message-ID: <48A0D71C77634B67B5CFB8CA129C6580_at_meteorytf1cafb>

> Agreed. I noticed that. I just reported what I saw in the Bulletin
> was far as assigning names goes. NonCom said 43 meteorites, but it
> readily apparent it is the same meteorite. This is similar to what we
> see with the various Antarctic programs - each tiny fragment gets it's
> own catalog number. I wonder how many different Antarctic meteorites
> there actually are, once pairings are ruled out of the overall count?
> Does anyone know?

Hi
Mike, but antarctic material is found NOT in the place of fall (mostly) They
was moved by ice so any visual pairing or becouse they was found in the same
place will not work.

But I can understand them. They found one meteorite so that play with every
tiny chondrule. They have fun :)

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> If one looks around a map of the world, there are known deserts (hot
> and cold) of plentiful recoveries - Atacama, Sahara, Mojave, Kalahari,
> and SW USA dry lake beds. All are known and well-hunted. Of the
> remaining deserts (like the Gobi), hunting has been limited. Given
> that foreigners had very limited access to the Gobi and Chinese law
> forbids unapproved exportation, it seems like the Gobi would be a
> prime candidate for recoveries.
>
> There will never be another "gold rush" of meteorites on the scale
> that the Sahara provided - it was a unique set of circumstances
> involving geography, legalities, and timing. The Gobi might be packed
> with unrecovered meteorites - the tip of the iceberg is just now being
> exposed.......or not.
>
> Just like Antarctica and NWA - the pairing system has yet to be
> refined to account for large numbers of individual fragments that are
> paired.
>
> Best regards and Happy Huntings,
>
> MikeG
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> On 11/23/14, Anne Black <impactika at aol.com> wrote:
>> No,
>> Apologies to all members of the Nom.Comm who might be reading the Met
>> List, but no, they did not find 41 meteorites in the Gobi, they found
>> 41 Fragments of ONE meteorite.
>> Just read the descriptions, and they are all identical: found within
>> 48 hours, in an area of less than 4 square kilometers, all of them L5,
>> S=5 and W=2, almost identical composition. No, 41 fragments of 1
>> meteorite.
>>
>> Sorry, this is a blatant example of a pairing system that is not
>> working.
>> All buying of ............... You know the rest.
>>
>>
>> Anne M. Black
>> www.IMPACTIKA.com
>> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list
>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> To: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Sun, Nov 23, 2014 5:00 pm
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Update - 43 New Approvals and 1
>> Lunar (The Gobi Desert Opens Up)
>>
>>
>> Hi Bulletin Watchers,
>>
>> Well, some of us had wondered in the past : Is there another untapped
>> concentration of meteorites waiting to be found outside of NWA and
>> Antarctica. Some (including myself) postulated that the Gobi desert
>> was a possibility. In recent times, we are seeing more meteorites
>> coming out of the Gobi. While these may never surface on the private
>> market (or at least to the degree that NWA has), it appears the Gobi
>> meteorites are there and are being recovered in increasing numbers.
>>
>> There are 43 new approvals - most are OC's from China and the Gobi.
>> There is also an iron from Brazil and 4 new meteorites from the NWA
>> DCA, including a lunar.
>>
>> Link :
>> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=&sfor=names&ants=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&snew=2&pnt=Normal%20table&dr=&page=0
>>
>> Best regards and Happy Huntings,
>>
>> MikeG
>>
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