[meteorite-list] Algerian Meteorites
From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 09:39:09 -0500 Message-ID: <CAKBPJW9d_pJG5Gq2ky2MGd5b1Nv=a=gHqnZjg_xBcZf0RXEafg_at_mail.gmail.com> At the risk of sounding like Jerry Seinfeld - What's the deal with Algerian meteorites these days? For years, we heard again and again that Algerian meteorites were not legal. Wholesalers went out of their way to fudge the provenance on these meteorites - "laundering" them to make it appear that they came out of Morocco instead of Algeria. Ten years ago on May 01. 2010, the "Breja" meteorite fell over Algeria. It quickly hit the collector market and there was some chatter about it, but then it was forgotten a little over a year later when the Tissint fall grabbed all of the attention. The potential classification of Breja was pushed to the back burner and we rarely heard about it any more after that. A few years later, I inquired about it to a couple of well-placed dealers, and I was told that the classifier-scientists wouldn't touch Breja because it came from Algeria. One institution in England straight up refused to look at it or classify it because of it's origin. So, here we are 10 years later and Algerian meteorites are popping up all over the Bulletin. Not an update goes by that we don't see one or more Algerian meteorites being classified. What changed? Did the law in Algeria change? Did institutional policies change? And if so, when is this obscure meteorite going to be finally classified? Best regards, MikeG -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Galactic Stone & Ironworks : www.galactic-stone.com Meteorites, Ice Age Fossils, Minerals, and Artifacts ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Received on Sun 15 Nov 2020 09:39:09 AM PST |
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