Hello Greg and List, let me correct the link : http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/moon_meteorites_list_alumina.htm I was not talking about about 4936 and 5406, I meant the NWA material especially 2995 which was found in Missouri Morocco, NOT Algeria. There is no mistake for 4936/5406
My best Aziz --- On Tue, 12/14/10, Greg Hupe <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Greg Hupe <[email protected]> > Subject: NWA 4936/5406 [was: NWA 2995] > To: "Abdelaziz Alhyane" <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 9:47 AM > Hello Aziz Alhyane and List, > > Aziz wrote: > "Meteoritical bulletin really contains so many errors !!!!! > just like this site http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/stones/nwa4936.htm > I'm sure All Moroccans can help to get every mistake about > NWA finds/falls corrected, just ask us" > > Jack Schrader purchased the NWA 4936 stones and I purchased > the paired NWA 5406 lunar stones from a Moroccan dealer > (List member) who told us this material was found near > Siksou Mountains in southern Morocco (Western Sahara). The > classifying scientists were also told this same information > by the Moroccan dealer. Here is a link to two photos of one > of the finders provided to me, is that you Aziz? > 1) http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa5406/siksou1.jpg > 2) http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa5406/siksou2.jpg > > I was also provided an image of some of the stones next to > a GPS with coordinates clearly visible. A Google Earth > search places the spot south of Laayoune and SSW of Smara in > Western Sahara. > > Aziz, I appreciate your wanting to correct any false > entries in the Bulletin like the rest of us. If Jack and I > were provided with a false find location for NWA 4936/5406, > please let us know what you know. If we were lied to, this > is something only concerned Moroccans like yourself can try > to correct with your fellow countrymen. If we were provided > with false information, please contact your local friend and > sometime partner in Morocco, he will want to correct any > erroneous find locations as well. 'Confusion' like this is > why meteorites found in the Sahara desert are assigned with > an "NWA" designation number instead of an actual name of > where they are found, or reported as found from. There is > simply no confidence in this data because of a variety of > reasons (i.e. keep the site secret, the finder did not have > GPS, etc.). > > Here is part of my description for NWA 5406 that tries to > explain another problem with original distribution of NWA > 4936/5406: > >> > Initially there was some confusion concerning the combined > Total Known Weight (TKW) of pairings of NWA 4936/5406 due to > mismanaged distribution of the original eight stones by a > Moroccan dealer. Eventually the puzzle was put together. > After thorough searches of the find site, it has been > established that there are eight individual stones that > together constitute NWA 5406 (six stones 281g) and NWA 4936 > (two complete stones 179g and one 20g type sample from one > of the NWA 5406 stones) for a combined Total Known Weight of > 480 grams. Two of the eight stones (179g total) were > purchased in 2007 by a collector, who removed 20 grams from > one of these complete stones and submitted it to a second > scientist for classification without realizing the material > had already been classified. Months later the two > classifying scientists were able to piece together the > puzzle when the final four stones were purchased, and > another 20 grams was submitted and classified under the NWA > 5406 designation. Luckily, all eight stones were proved to > come from a single Moroccan dealer and/or finder then > classified by the same scientist! In all, a combined total > of 60.1 grams in type samples have been deposited at UWS and > UAz. > > << > > > > I hope this helps, Thank You for your concerns! > > Best regards, > Greg > > ==================== > Greg Hupe > The Hupe Collection > NaturesVault (eBay) > [email protected] > www.LunarRock.com > IMCA 3163 > ==================== > Click here for my current eBay auctions: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Abdelaziz Alhyane" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 9:48 PM > Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 2995 > > > > Dear List Members, > > Was the 2995 was found in Algeria? As I know, it was > found in Missour, Morocco. Meteoritical bulletin really > contains so many errors !!!!! just like this site > http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/stones/nwa4936.htm > > I'm sure All Moroccans can help to get every mistake > about NWA finds/falls corrected, just ask us > > > > My best > > Aziz > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
