"Begaa" = NWA 4910 ...a long story for a fine meteorite to get an official name... (Details are to be found elsewhere, regarding juicy gossip, and not here, sorry :-))
Best, Alex Berlin/Germany -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:34:58 -1000 > Von: "Don Giovanni" <[email protected]> > An: "meteorite list" <[email protected]> > Betreff: [meteorite-list] Begaa > > Hello, > > Wondering if anyone can fill in some blanks about Begaa. It was popularly > > bought and sold several years ago (and with good reason, gorgeous LL3! > Unofficially, anyways). > > But I can't find any reference in the Meteoritical Bulletin. Not even as > a "synonym", so I'm thinking it must not be just a name-change deal, > NWA-xxxx, ect. Eric Twelker's Meteorite Market online site offers a > tantalizing tidbit, "It was reportedly bypassed by the scientific > community because of disputes with the finders". It was found in 1999, so > > there has surely been more than enough time for this to be officially > recognized, if it was ever going to be. And a quick search of the > met-list archives showed a number of sale-postings, but not the story I'm > looking for, unless I missed something. Same with a google search. > > Can any listers can offer any insights as far as the "untold story" on > this beauty? Juicy gossip preferred. :) > > DG > ______________________________________________ > 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
