According to the MetBull there are 20 gram samples and thin sections of both 008 and 009 at Universität Münster, Münster, Germany. There has been science done on Kalahari 008 and 009. Aside from microprobe, they have radiometric ages, oxygen isotopes, as well as cosmic ray exposure. As Randy Korotev notes, they are totally different rocks but with similar lunar ejection ages - only 350 ± 120 yr for Kalahari 008 and 220 ± 40 yr for Kalahari 009, which are the shortest exposure ages of any meteorite.
Carl ************************************* Carl B. Agee President, Consortium for Materials Properties Research in Earth Sciences (COMPRES) 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: [email protected] http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/ http://compres.us/about-us/compres-president On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> wrote: > In other words, they are worthless from a monetary standpoint just like > meteorites found on public lands here in the United States and many other > countries. > > The best that could be hoped for, if they still or ever existed, is that > they are made available for scientific research from the government that > owns them. > > Adam > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chauncey Walden via Meteorite-list" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 8:58 AM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Kalahari Lunars > > > >> There remains the fact that if any of this material actually appears in >> the market it would immediately be claimed by the government of Botswana. >> Their President has a keen interest in meteorites. That being said, the last >> time I was in the Central Kalahari on photographic safari I definitely kept >> an eye out for rocks. The White Kalahari has hundreds of feet of sand with >> organics but rocks are rare. >> Chauncey >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the >> Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
