[meteorite-list] Oued Awlitis 001 - Serendipity !
Oued Awlitis 001 - Serendipity ! That's what I call serendipity ! Congratulations! History: (A. Irving and M. Aid) In January 2014 a group of eight people traveling in two cars were returning northward after an unsuccessful meteorite hunting trip to southern Morocco, when they stopped near Oued Awlitis to cook dinner by the roadside. During a search for firewood, Mr. Zaid Oussaid found a buried piece of dead tree trunk, but he could not excavate it by hand. With the use of a pickaxe he was able to pull the wood out of the ground, but he then noticed beside it in the cavity a flat ellipsoidal, brownish gray rock coated by glossy translucent crust with anastomozing wrinkle ridges. Upon returning to his home (at Dwar Ait Gazo, 30 km west of Tagounite), Mr. Oussaid showed the 382 g specimen to Mr. Mohamed Aid, who organized a return trip to the find site on February 21, 2014, and after a search of the area an additional 50.5 g piece which fits exactly onto the main stone was found about 50 m away. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=60219 Martin __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Oued Awlitis 001 - Serendipity !
What a great find story! A 500+ gram lunar is far better than a piece of firewood. Now, if only that would happen when I go camping here in the USA. LOL. :) Best regards and Happy Huntings, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - On 7/6/14, karmaka via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com wrote: Oued Awlitis 001 - Serendipity ! That's what I call serendipity ! Congratulations! History: (A. Irving and M. Aid) In January 2014 a group of eight people traveling in two cars were returning northward after an unsuccessful meteorite hunting trip to southern Morocco, when they stopped near Oued Awlitis to cook dinner by the roadside. During a search for firewood, Mr. Zaid Oussaid found a buried piece of dead tree trunk, but he could not excavate it by hand. With the use of a pickaxe he was able to pull the wood out of the ground, but he then noticed beside it in the cavity a flat ellipsoidal, brownish gray rock coated by glossy translucent crust with anastomozing wrinkle ridges. Upon returning to his home (at Dwar Ait Gazo, 30 km west of Tagounite), Mr. Oussaid showed the 382 g specimen to Mr. Mohamed Aid, who organized a return trip to the find site on February 21, 2014, and after a search of the area an additional 50.5 g piece which fits exactly onto the main stone was found about 50 m away. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=60219 Martin __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Oued Awlitis 001 - Serendipity !
Yes, its realy an nice story, oussaid was a luckly men with meteorite, he was also find many other planetary meteorite, but Oued Awlitis was the first one classified with an name, hopefuly the coming stones will be classified with names and not NWA Envoyé de mon iPhone Le 2014/07/06 à 18:03, Galactic Stone Ironworks via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com a écrit : What a great find story! A 500+ gram lunar is far better than a piece of firewood. Now, if only that would happen when I go camping here in the USA. LOL. :) Best regards and Happy Huntings, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - On 7/6/14, karmaka via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com wrote: Oued Awlitis 001 - Serendipity ! That's what I call serendipity ! Congratulations! History: (A. Irving and M. Aid) In January 2014 a group of eight people traveling in two cars were returning northward after an unsuccessful meteorite hunting trip to southern Morocco, when they stopped near Oued Awlitis to cook dinner by the roadside. During a search for firewood, Mr. Zaid Oussaid found a buried piece of dead tree trunk, but he could not excavate it by hand. With the use of a pickaxe he was able to pull the wood out of the ground, but he then noticed beside it in the cavity a flat ellipsoidal, brownish gray rock coated by glossy translucent crust with anastomozing wrinkle ridges. Upon returning to his home (at Dwar Ait Gazo, 30 km west of Tagounite), Mr. Oussaid showed the 382 g specimen to Mr. Mohamed Aid, who organized a return trip to the find site on February 21, 2014, and after a search of the area an additional 50.5 g piece which fits exactly onto the main stone was found about 50 m away. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=60219 Martin __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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Ah, the old found a lunar meteorite while looking for firewood routine, I hate it when that happens! :) Sarcastically, Michael in so. Cal. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Oued Awlitis 001 - Serendipity !
Why is it that only rare meteorites are found in such way? Michael Farmer Sent from my iPad On Jul 6, 2014, at 5:18 PM, Michael Mulgrew via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com wrote: Ah, the old found a lunar meteorite while looking for firewood routine, I hate it when that happens! :) Sarcastically, Michael in so. Cal. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Oued Awlitis 001 - Serendipity !
Yes, its realy an nice story, oussaid was a luckly men with finding meteorite, he was also find many other planetary meteorite, but Oued Awlitis was the first one classified with an name, hopefuly the coming stones will be classified with names and not NWA Envoyé de mon iPhone Le 2014/07/07 à 0:18, Michael Mulgrew via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com a écrit : Ah, the old found a lunar meteorite while looking for firewood routine, I hate it when that happens! :) Sarcastically, Michael in so. Cal. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
