[meteorite-list] First report of a New Fall!

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2000_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:30 2004
Message-ID: <20030224175127.55678.qmail_at_web10301.mail.yahoo.com>

Hello all

Another news that circle from days is that the varied
Moroccan customs and neighboring zones are stopping
the export of the meteorites because was find that the
money take from the sale of these meteorites comes
then givened to the guerrilla army of the zone for buy
weapons. If this thing is true, I make sure i will
not buy other meteorites from the Morocco. I ask if
someone it has heard a like news.
Regards

Matteo

--- "J. Warren" <parrothead_at_arn.net> wrote:
> I was thinking the same exact thing Matteo, as soon
> as I saw those photos.
> I'm glad you mentioned it first. That is not fresh
> crust. It got me to
> thinking about something. The "nomads" know what
> will bring the most money.
> That being, a fall will bring more than a find. How
> can there be proof that
> it was a fall and not a find? From what I
> understand, the only thing
> proving this was a fall is the word of some third
> world uneducated people.
> Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I would need more
> proof than that. There
> are some people who say "well, if the Met. Society
> says its a fall, then IT
> IS A FALL." Not true. Good luck to all of the
> teams though. Stay SAFE!
>
> Best.
> Joel
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "M come Meteorite Meteorites"
> <mcomemeteorite2000_at_yahoo.it>
> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 9:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First report of a New
> Fall!
>
>
> > Hello all
> >
> > I have see the photo and is many strange this
> pieces
> > not have a fresh crust - type Bensour or Hadeja -
> if
> > is fall few months ago, is many similar to normaly
> NWA
> > finds in desert. When exit the report of the
> > Met.Society? Is available a isotope text? Sorry
> for my
> > suspect but in this months the moroccan persons
> and
> > similar in the zone they are wanting to they sell
> some
> > meteorites like falls of recent. However I have
> asked
> > a piece of 10 gr. to observe better.
> > Regards
> >
> > Matteo
> >
> > --- Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_attbi.com> wrote:
> > > Dear List Members,
> > >
> > > We Would like to introduce a new fall.
> > >
> > > New meteorite Thuathe, Lesotho fell on July 21,
> 2002
> > >
> > >
> > > Incredibly this meteorite fell on the same day
> as
> > > Kilabo. About 27 kilograms is projected to be
> the
> > > Total Known Weight with about 19 kilograms
> recovered
> > > so far. Stones varying in size from 2 grams up
> to
> > > the main mass weight of 2,387 grams have been
> > > recovered. It was reported to the Meteoritical
> > > Society and the official name of Thuathe has
> been
> > > assigned. It is an H4 ordinary chondrite with a
> not
> > > so ordinary story. We will report more eye
> witness
> > > accounts as they come in.
> > >
> > > Malineo Mantsoe of IIa Sofonia describes her
> > > experience: When the loud noise occurred
> overhead,
> > > she ran to the back of her dwelling expecting to
> see
> > > a thunderstorm, but there was none. She came to
> the
> > > front, just in time to hear wheeee-bang as a
> stone
> > > fell into her cooking area just in front of her,
> > > cracking one of her water carriers. No villager
> > > could have thrown a stone so fast in daylight,
> and
> > > it must have been a truly powerful thokolost to
> have
> > > done such a thing in broad daylight! Fortunately
> she
> > > was prepared for such occasions, because she had
> a
> > > supply of holy water blessed in church. She
> > > sprinkled it on the stone and elsewhere around
> her
> > > cooking area and house, and it worked! No more
> > > stones fell.
> > >
> > > In other villages the locals were disgusted that
> > > black stones were falling out of the sky because
> one
> > > almost hit somebody in Ha Motloang. They picked
> up
> > > the stones and threw them as far away as they
> could
> > > to get them out of their villages. Once they
> > > overcame their superstitions regarding this
> > > meteorite and realized they were worth
> something,
> > > hundreds began to search for them.
> > >
> > > What you see here is the first batch to reach
> the
> > > civilized world. We are expecting the bulk of
> the
> > > fall, another 12 kilograms to reach us this
> week.
> > > The well-defined strewn field has been scoured
> for
> > > months now so we expect only another 2 to 4
> > > kilograms will show up after this. After one of
> our
> > > partners, thinking that all the material had
> been
> > > recovered (not possible) spoke about this fall
> in
> > > Tucson the word was out. Now a three-person team
> > > arrived yesterday from Tucson and is asking
> about
> > > the stones. Now there is a race on to see who
> can
> > > recover the most of this new fall. Good luck to
> the
> > > other teams and may we all win!
> > >
> > > The samples pictured below are priced as
> follows:
> > >
> > > 10-50 grams $7.50 per gram
> > >
> > > 51-200 grams $7.00 per gram
> > >
> > > 201-500 grams $6.50 per gram
> > >
> > > over 500 grams $6.00 per gram
> > >
> > > Her is a link to available specimens:
> > >
> > > http://www.lunarrock.com/thuathe/thuathe.jpg
> > >
> > > Please email us and let us know if any of these
> are
> > > of interest.
> > >
> > > All the best,
> > >
> > > Adam and Greg Hupe
> > >
> > > The Hupe Collection
> > >
> > > IMCA 2185
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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