10 meteorites have been found in Tanzania. 9 of them are witnessed falls. That's a pretty good batting average I think. Is there any other nation with a similar high ratio of falls to finds?
Some other trivia about Tanzania's 10 meteorites : 1) Rupota is the only witnessed fall of the L4-6 petrologic type. (same type as NWA 869) 2) Peramiho is a witnessed fall eucrite. 3) The massive ungrouped iron Mbosi is in Tanzania. 4) Ivuna is a witnessed fall CI1 carbonaceous, one of only 9 known. 5) the rest of Tanzania's falls include : an EL6, an LL6, and 3 OC's. Not too bad for only 10 meteorites. :) Regards and clear skies, MikeG ......................................................... Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA) Member of the Meteoritical Society. Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network. Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/fine_meteorites_4_sale .......................................................... ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
