----- Original Message ----- From: "John Lutzon" <[email protected]> To: "Anne Black" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2019 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Will Breja ever be classified?
Hi All, Mike, Anne -- been asking the same question since 2011. The main ? is Why Not http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=2639 All best to All, John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Black via Meteorite-list" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2019 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Will Breja ever be classified? Sorry Mike I don't know about Breja, but that reminded me...... If some of you have pieces of the NDrali meteorite, a very pretty one with melt veins, and wonder why it has not been classified, it has been, but under an other name: BARDAI. And it is an H3-5. And yes of course, I have it, and I will soon have a few thin-sections. Just so you know! Anne Black IMPACTIKA.com [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> To: Meteorite List <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Sep 15, 2019 12:55 pm Subject: [meteorite-list] Will Breja ever be classified? Re : the so-called "Breja" fall of May 01, 2010 in Morocco. I recall that a good bit of material from this fall appeared on the market for a period of time after the fall, then it got forgotten as newer and more interesting material surfaced later. It was a fresh OC with a battleship-grey matrix with sparse metal fleck and shock veining. Specimens had velvetly black crust. A couple of years after the fall, I inquired about it to a few dealers and somebody told me that a scientist at a leading institution said that Breja would not be classified because it originated from Algeria and there were legal/ethical issues surrounding it. I don't recall who exactly said this and I think it was in a private email discussion. Well, several more years have gone by, and I still wonder about this old fall when I update my "Recent Falls" meteorite page. And it occurs to me that there have been many new finds approved in the Met Bull that come out of Algeria - it doesn't seem to be an issue recently. In fact, the latest Met Bull update contains three different meteorites out of Algeria. So, is Breja not being classified because nobody is trying (nobody has submitted a sample) or is it because no reputable institution will touch it? And if the latter, then why not? Best regards, MikeG -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Galactic Stone & Ironworks : www.galactic-stone.com Instagram : www.instagram.com/galacticstone Twitter : www.twitter.com/galacticstone --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________ 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
