Weathering rates for New Mexico, Sahara, and Antarctica: http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1993Metic..28Q.460W ************************************* 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 2:48 PM, Adam Hupe <raremeteori...@yahoo.com> wrote: > It is myth that Antarctic meteorites are less weathered. They weather > differently is all. I have been in the Antarctic Laboratory and can tell > that most of the inventory is not free of rusticles and evaporation deposits. > After all, Antarctica gets its weather right of the salt water ocean. It > seems only the best looking material is ever put on public display. > > Adam > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Carl Agee <a...@unm.edu> > To: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritem...@gmail.com> > Cc: Adam Hupe <raremeteori...@yahoo.com>; Adam > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2013 1:21 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Exploring the Solar System in Antarctica (NWA > vs Antarctica) > > 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