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
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From: "Pelé Pierre-Marie" <[email protected]>
To: "MeteoriteList" <[email protected]>
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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