Hi all,
I sorted out my stock and my collection because I move to another home
in August.
I found a beautiful piece of Bensour which weighs 74.45 g.
It's composed by the main meteorite weighing 64.93 g, a fragment
weighing 9.29 g and small crumbs in a membrane box.
It's a piece collected
Hello all,
We are proud to announce the find of an exceptional oriented meteorite.
Here are links for photos and information:
http://www.meteoritica.com/zaouia%20el%20hajoui.htm
http://www.meteoritica.com/hunting%20zaouia%20el%20hajoui.htm
Enjoy!
Philippe Lea
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Very very sad news this morning !
The most kind person was whom I knew in the passion of meteorites.
One of the first persons that I had met the first time when I was at the
ensisheim show.
All my condolences and all my sympathy to the members of his family.
Christian, we shall not forget
Dear list members,
This stone was observed by Henry de Lumley who is rather formal: it is about a
Stone Age anvil (support on which we put the flint in the
course of cutting).
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_de_Lumley
The studies are in progress, the classification, the terrestrial age etc.
Hello Everyone,
Some news:
Our new exceptional offers are running:
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Dear Dave and List,
In the report of Biot on the meteorite of L'Aigle, there is no mentionned that
a person was hit by a stone. In its conclusion, Biot only says that one named
Piche, an inhabitant from the village of Aunées, Commune of Gloss, which worked
outdoors at the time of the
Dear Dave and List,
In the report of Biot on the meteorite of L'Aigle, there is no mentionned that
a person was hit by a stone. In its conclusion, Biot only says that one named
Piche, an inhabitant from the village of Aunées, Commune of Gloss, which worked
outdoors at the time of the
Hello,
You can download the complete article here:
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Dear List,
I cannot resist to the temptation to show, to the fans of chondrules, the
images of the thin sections (NWA 5731, LL3) which I have just obtained. Just
for the pleasure of eyes, these thin sections shall be for sale to Ensisheim.
These images from Damien Mollex are in a page of the
Our condolences to the family Norton.
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Dear List,
We have some auctions ending soon: 2 complete years of Meteorite Magazine
(2007/2008).
For those are interested, please have a look here:
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I have also another user ID on ebay.fr, please have a look here:
Dear List,
We have some auctions ending soon and I have added some buy it know with
best offer.
Don't hesitate to make an offer, good deals are possible.
For those are interested, please have a look here:
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I have also another user ID on ebay.fr, please
Hello,
We have some eBay auctions ending soon:
Here are the links of Tamdakht fragments that we found on 17 February
2009, both have a picture in-situ and these fragments are sold with a
piece of the rock ejected during the impact:
TAMDAKHT - New Moroccan Meteorite Fall - Fragment 9.14g
Hello,
Here is the link to our report on our Tamdakht hunting trip:
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Hello,
We're back after a short trip to Tamdakht area and we prepare a report on our
findings and new informations.
In the meantime, here's the link 3 thin sections of this meteorite to sell:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=360134097669
For those who are interested, I updated my page on Tamdakht and added a Back
Scattered Electrons (BSE) image supplied by Albert Jambon.
- We know that it is an H according to:
1) The magnetic susceptibility (= quantity of metal)
2) the composition of minerals (olivine + pyroxene)
- The
Hello all,
I put on the Tamdakht page of my site a new macro photo of the matrix of this
meteorite. It is the best image which I was able to make with my camera, we see
numerous small chondrules there. The surface of this endcut was polished. The
official classification is going to come very
Hello Don, It is well about the same fall. The names of Tamdaght and Tichka
were both used. The name which will be officially kept is that of Tamdakht,
village the closest to the point of fall. The spelling Tamdaght and Tamdakht
both exist, but the name writes Tamdakht is closer of the
Dear List members,
We have added some fragments of the new Moroccan fall on eBay.
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fragments and leaving a trace on the rock.
I hope I can provide some pictures very soon.
Best,
Philippe Thomas
Ok, now I am more confused by your ebay auction page.
You state that a small crater was formed, but a 35 kilo stone will not form a
small crater. If it smashed against the rocks
Hi Dave,
I suppose that you speak about the broadsheet of Sebastian Brant.
This broadsheet was reproduced in numerous publications. The oldest book which
we have in our library with the reproduction of the broadsheet dates 1915.
Often we see only the woodcut illustrating the event and often in
Francis and List,
During the fall of the meteorite, Maximilian I was on the way towards France to
take revenge of a slight that Charles VIII had done by rejecting his daughter
and by stealing him his
betrothed. It is on the route that he heard of the fall of the stone to
Ensisheim and that he
Hi Don,
The fall of Ensisheim took place on November 7th, 1492. In 1582, the pope
Grégoire XIII, noticing the gap (the Julian calendar adopted in the year 45
before Christ contains 365 days 1/4.
The tropic year have 365,2422 days, the annual gap is of 0,0078 days, that is
of 3,12 days every
Hello Listees,
10 % off for all orders over $ 100 on Meteoritica website:
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We have also some auctions ending soon on eBay (Taza and NWA 4425).
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Thank you Bernd!
To illustrate your words about the #16 thin section, I have put online a new
image of the complete thin section!
http://www.meteoritica.com/nwa4460.html
Enjoy,
Philippe
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Hello List, Chondrule and Thin Section Afficionados,
Hi all,
I have up-dated my website and added some new thin sections.
Here is the link:
http://www.meteoritica.com/thinsections_sale.html
For those who are interested, have a look to the photos of the Erg chech thin
sections. Perhaps an idea of the type ?
Dear Greg and all,
It is not usual for me to participate in the debates because by experience
often these remain sterile and my level of English does not allow me to make me
understood completely.
Here is that I have to say as comment of this meteorite:
First, all the Moroccan having a
cassification.
Michael Farmer
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It is not usual for me to participate in the debates
because by experience often these remain sterile and
my level of English does not allow me to make me
understood completely.
Here is that I have to say
Hello Svend and all,
I put on-line on my site some photos which illustrates your comments as regards
the description of the meteorite fallen in the erg Chech.
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Philippe Thomas
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As Greg has already pointed out on the list earlier the Chergach/Erg Chech
,
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Hi Marcin and listees,
Thank you for sharing these 360° images, very nice.
I added in my website 10 images following
Dear Listees,
We have few auctions ending soon including an oriented individual Taza and
several rare types of meteorite:
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Hello Pierre-Marie and Listees,
The analyses of the NWA 4420 aren't published yet in the Meteoritical Bulletin
but this meteorite will be classified as a primitive aubrite by Albert
Jambon (UPVI) as it's mentionned in my website.
I don't know if the NWA 2828, re-classified as a EL3, is paired
Dear Listees,
I have some eBay auctions ending soon, here are some examples:
NWA 1774 Meteorite - R3.8-6 - Thin Slice - 4.242g
http://cgi.ebay.com/NWA-1774-Meteorite-R3-8-6-Thin-
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NWA 1777 Meteorite - EUCRITE
Dear Listees,
Michèle Denise (MNHNP) provides us new classification for some
meteorites few days ago.
Here are the results:
NWA 4421, CO3.2, S3, W3/4
NWA 4422, CK3.9, S1, W2
NWA 4423, CK3.8, S2, W3
NWA 4424, LL5, S3, W4
NWA 4425, CK3.8, S2, W3
NWA 4426, H5, S1/2, W4
NWA 4427, H5, S1/2, W4
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Hi All,
Just a small message to indicate that I completely changed my Web
site. You will find more information and more photos.
Please look and all the comments are welcome.
Best wishes,
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PS: I have also some auctions ending tonight on eBay http://
Hello listees,
Firstly, congratulations to Steve and Phil for this huge find!
Secondely, we have few auctions ending in few hours:
BENSOUR-Broken individual-10.16g
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Hello listees,
Just a quick note that we have few auctions ending in few hours.
BENSOUR Meteorite - WONDERFUL Individual 42.83g
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6548006533category=3239
BENGUERIR Meteorite - New Moroccan Fall - 10.76g Slice
Hello listees,
Léa and me are proud to present our new book Histoires de Météorites about
the Ensisheim meteorite.
This book is in French right now and will normally be translated in English in
early 2006.
Here is the link on eBay:
Livre meteorite Histoires de Meteorites - ENSISHEIM
, Benguerir looks as Bensour as Amgala
looks as Zag... : same classification but no possible confusion.
Best wishes,
Philippe Thomas
I have just buy a piece of the new benguerir fall
in the Bologna Show from a moroccan person many many
undecided, strangly with many pieces of Bensour in the
tablessame
grains, same crust
Matteo
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There is no reason to be suspicious about this
meteorite : this is a
real witnessed fall.
I was on the strewnfiled few days after the fall and
I've recovered
some witnesses reports and have took some
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Just a quick note to remember you that I have 10 auctions ending in few hours
on eBay.
These little fragments brought back from Benguerir strewnfield last week are
pristine. It has
rained there during three days (November 29, 30 and December 1st). Naturally,
pieces recovered
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Hello Michel and list,
Thank you.
I have added some close-up pictures of the BEN GUERIR meteorite. The
magnification x30.
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Philippe
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Congratulations .
Michel.
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Hello everybody,
Aziz tell the truth, this new fall is real.
Here is the link for a french translation of an article published in a moroccan
newspaper Al-
Ittihad Al-Ichtiraki:
http://www.ambafrance-ma.org/presse/index.cfm?jr=20041125
Some news from the strewn field soon!
Philippe Thomas
Hi Adam and Listees,
The classification of Amgala (Provisional name) is H3.7/H5.
Best Wishes,
Philippe
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Hi All,
Mike asked the status of Amgala. Amgala (Provisional Working Name) is still
under study at NAU. There are several reasons for the delay. One, NAU has
a huge cue.
, on
Gour Lafkah
mountains. It exists some rare fragments, picked up just after the fall, which
have not been
weathered by any rain.
The classification (H3.7/H5) is the official result of the MNHNP analysis.
Best Wishes,
Philippe Thomas
Yes, Amgala looks like Zag, but as a man who has sold
section.
Best Wishes,
Philippe Thomas
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JD wrote:
This meteorite (NWA 3098) looks a lot like some material I
have. NWA 1774, R3.8 - 6 (not R5), 714 g TKW, Found 2002.
Hello John, Jeff K., Stefan, and List,
When Alex Seidel and I got this beautiful R5 from Stefan, we echanged
several
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lithologies, the
crust
is different and is a regolith breccia.
Hope this helps clear up some confusion,
The Hupe Collection
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shipping
for the one that won an auction of bensour.
IMPACTS MAJEURS by Philippe Thomas, Preface by Alain Carion, A cover by Jerry
Armstrong
(Chicxulub impact event).
This book describes twenty falls of meteorites among most representative
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It's seems that the link I provided is failed. Please try the new one to reach my
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My first auctions of small individuals Bensour are ending soon. Keep an eye on it,
it's a good
opportunity to acquire some Bensour at low prices !
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Please check out my store regularly, if you have the chance, you may find better deals
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recovered outside Antarctica! There are only 3 carbonaceous chondrites of this subgroup ((paired ALH 77003, ALH 83026 ALH 83108), Yamato 82094 NWA 1757) among the 28273 known meteorites.
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f a crater
with vertical walls crossing 1,50 m of clay, 0,15 m of peat and 0,20 m of limestone.
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I have Ebay auctions ending in 2 hours. 5 unclassified ordinary
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Harrisonville, USA, (L6), TKW 12,9 Kg.
1950 Tromøy, Norway, (H?), TKW 357,4g.
But the closest with the year 1959 is :
1959, April 7 Pribam, Czech republic, (H5), TKW 5,555 Kg.
If some of you have a piece of these meteorites for sale or trade, let me
know.
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ending in few hours (20 Ben Sour meteorites at $1,00 starting price) and in few days 3 Martian meteorites (NWA 1068), two at $1,00 starting price.
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Another one !
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hello Roman and others,
Sorry, Roman but I don't get things moving, for my contacts the date of the
fall is February 12 (Tuesday).
Michael Farmer : 18 Kg
Dean Bessey : 14 Kg
Philippe Thomas : 6 Kg
total : 38 Kg + others dealers ?
I think that there is still some kilos with Algerian nomads
of meteorites. 20 Ben Sour meteorites at $1,00 starting price.
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of meteorites ending in few days. Ben Sour
meteorites between 2,79 3,25g at $1,00 starting price. Ben Sour polished
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Unfortunatly the English version will be available only the next year.
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Hello Michael,
I believe that this fall is entirely in Algeria. Ben Sour (correct spelling) is around 80 km to the south of Taouz.
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Of course.
meaning land of falcons or place
of Falcons or something like that. I do not know
if the spelling is different from what has been
commonly used so far.
Yes, the translation is correct, on my Morrocan maps the spelling is Ben
Sour but it isn't very important.
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