Mendy, Absolutely! I remember the curation folks at NASA JSC describing the mind-numbing ordeal of having to catalog hundreds of EOCs brought back by ANSMET, many of which were of course the same meteorite.
Carl ************************************* Carl B. Agee Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 Tel: (505) 750-7172 Fax: (505) 277-3577 Email: a...@unm.edu http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/ On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Mendy Ouzillou <ouzil...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Carl, > > I'm guessing that the reason for the disparity you speak of below between NWA > and Antarctic meteorites is that EVERY antarctic meteorite get collected with > no filtering while the NWA meteorites are brought to light by economic > drivers. Old, weathered or uninteresting material does not get brought forth > because almost no one wants to buy it and fewer still would bother > classifying. It is an interesting aspect of the NWA dynamics that has not > been explored and a perfect example of the role collectors and dealers play > in acting as "filters" for the scientific community. > > Best, > > > Mendy > > > > On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 1:28 PM, Carl Agee <a...@unm.edu> wrote: > > Northwest Africa 2737, the only other chassignite. >>************************************* >>Carl B. Agee >>Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics >>Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences >>MSC03 2050 >>University of New Mexico >>Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 >> >>Tel: (505) 750-7172 >>Fax: (505) 277-3577 >>Email: a...@unm.edu >>http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/ >> >> >> >> >>On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Carl Agee <a...@unm.edu> wrote: >>> Hi Mike, >>> >>> Add to that list NWA 7731 (L3.00). Semarkona (LL3.00) may still be >>> King, but 7731 is certainly a Prince! >>> >>> The only thing that Antarctic finds have going for them is that >>> weathering is much slower there than in North Africa, so fresher >>> material in general. But if I look at the ANSMET annual yield of >>> exceptional meteorites it is paltry compared to NWA. For planetaries >>> over the past ten years or so, NWA is definitely King! >>> >>> Carl >>> >>> >>> ************************************* >>> Carl B. Agee >>> Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics >>> Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences >>> MSC03 2050 >>> University of New Mexico >>> Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 >>> >>> Tel: (505) 750-7172 >>> Fax: (505) 277-3577 >>> Email: a...@unm.edu >>> http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/ >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks >>> <meteoritem...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> 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 >>______________________________________________ >> >>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
