Hi Adam and List, Not taking into account old Saharan meteorites (like Nakhla and Tatahouine), here is a list of some recent meteorites from the Sahara that hold significant scientific and/or collector interest :
"Black Beauty" (NWA 7034) Tissint Jbilet Winselwan NWA 5000 NWA 998 Almahata Sitta NWA 4301 Zag Gebel Kamil Too many Vestans to list. I threw together this list on the fly and in an arbitrary fashion. The true number of Saharan meteorites valuable to science is subject to interpretation, but it surely numbers in the many hundreds. Granted, many NWA's are weathered and redundant, highly-equilibrated, ordinary chondrites. But, many Antarctics are sub-gram fragments of paired finds. So I think the signal-to-noise ratio of NWA's versus Antarctics is about even. 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 10/9/13, Adam Hupe <raremeteori...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > It should be changed to "A few of the best meteorites are found in > Antarctica but these days, most are found in the Sahara" > > Adam > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul H. <inselb...@cox.net> > To: "meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com" > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2013 11:40 AM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Exploring the Solar System in Antarctica > > Exploring the Solar System From the Ends of the Earth > The best meteorites are found in … Antarctica. > By Meenakshi Wadhwa, Slate Magazine > http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/09/the_best_meteorites_are_found_in_antarctica.html > > Yours, > > Paul H. > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.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://six.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://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
