Jeff,
NWA 869 is found in Algeria, there to my knowledge, is over 2000 kilograms
of it! I have personally seen that much with Ali Hmani, and my suppliers in
Morocco, and I have myself purchased over 300 kilograms.
It is not a garbage can, it is a very distinct meteorite, unmistakable to
anyone who knows it. It really should be accepted as one of the largest
stony meteorites known.
Mike Farmer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Grossman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 5:22 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 869
Okay list, time to make yourselves useful...
Everybody wants the NomCom to publish and make official the name NWA 869.
So please, if you know anything, help contribute to the facts so I can
produce a writeup for submission to the committee.
Here's what I've got:
* At least 400 kg of material has been sold out of markets in Morocco
under this name.
* Alan Rubin classified a piece. It was a fragmental breccia, probably
L4-6. A thin section of L5 material gave Fa24.2, S3, W1.
So what's the rest of the story? How much is out actually there? When
did it appear on the market? Is it all coming from one finder/dealer? Is
the find location known? Is it really L4-6 (is this the right range)? Is
it all coming from the same fall, or is the name NWA 869 a garbage can for
all kinds of unclassified ordinary chondrites? What large stones are in
collections? Are other NWAs paired with 869? Which?
Please reply to the list only... I don't need a separate copy.
jeff
Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman phone: (703) 648-6184
US Geological Survey fax: (703) 648-6383
954 National Center
Reston, VA 20192, USA
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