Re: [meteorite-list] Why is Gujba not in the "Catalogue?"Thanks Eric and Mike
for the information,
When I purchase a mereorite eventually I make a "Booklet" with as much
information as I can find. I locate a map on the internet with coordinates and
take photos of what I own as well. It's a hobby, collecting, right? Sometimes
you have to dig a little more to get the "rest of the story." Thanks guys.
Lance Wozniak
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From: Eric Twelker
To: Lance Wozniak
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Why is Gujba not in the "Catalogue?"
Hi Lance
The story on Gujba is this-it fell in 1984 and was collected
immediately-or parts of it were. The locals broke it into bits to look for
precious gems as is the Nigerian custom-hmm. At that time, a piece made its
way to a Polish oil exploration group in the area and some larger pieces made
it to the University of Maidugeri in Boro State. The UM people published an
article about it in their journal-The Annuls of Borno State. The Poles took
the piece back to Poland and no one let anyone associated with the meteorite
world know of its existence. There it sat.
In about 2000, a regular meteorite supplier of mine in Nigeria sent me a
DHL bag-complete with holes-and a crumbly rock inside with pieces falling out.
He thought this thing was a meteorite. I sent it to Alan Rubin with a note
that it looked like we had a new Bencubbinite on our hands. Alan did the
workup on it and while he was doing that he found that someone in Pennsylvania
had a similar piece from Poland. He traced back and found the other
references. He then submitted it to the Bulletin.
So the answer is that it just escaped notice of the meteorite world until
after publication of the Catalogue. I could give exact dates on all this if
you like. But that's the general story.
Regards,
Eric Twelker
http://www.meteoritemarket.com
I was just gathering information on some meteorites I own and noticed that
Gujba, CB3 does not appear as an entry in Catalogue of Meteorites, Fifth
Edition by Monica Grady which was first published in 2000. This was long after
Gujba was discovered in 1984. Meteorites from A to Z, Second Edition does have
it listed. It shouldn't take longer than 16 years for a publication to get
caught up, don't you think? Can anybody shed some light on this for me?
Thanks,
Lance Wozniak
Yuma,AZ
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