Hi, For List members not familiar with the Chinguetti story, see this web page (and following pages) which recount the story: <http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/E/ends/meteorite1.html>
Theodore Monad's paper: <http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989CRASM.309..547M> A picture of the supposed fragment: <http://www.meteoritestudies.com/protected_CHINGUET.HTM> Google will get you 432 hits if you want more... Its existence is still a controversy. Oddly, the supposed fragment is widely accepted as a "real" meteorite, while the mass from which it was removed is not, which seems a little paradoxical. Sterling K. Webb -------------------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "I dream to find a similar one, somewhere ... if anyone has a clue > where to prospect, please share it with me, off list, other wise > I will have to charter a 380!" > > Bonjour Michel, hello List, > > The enormous Chinguetti main mass (said to be 100 m long and 45 m high) > in the desert of Adrar (Mauritania) is still waiting for you to go and > get it ;-) > > Bernd > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list