[meteorite-list] fukang (the neverending thread)/what country is the hardest to get meteorites from?

From: Martin Horejsi <accretiondesk_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jan 6 13:24:09 2006
Message-ID: <9c2f96d20601061024o5d804ad4pd168480e5a5d7a75_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi All,

With all due respects, I don't believe Zambia is much of a problem:

http://www.meteoritemarket.com/MON.htm

Rather, if I had to guess off the top of my head, I suspect Sri Lanka
is about as hard as they get. One stone fell there back in 1795. About
25 grams was recovered.

Just my pair of pennys.

Martin




On 1/6/06, JKGwilliam <h3chondrite_at_cox.net> wrote:
> Hello Steve,
> In my opinion, the country that is the hardest to obtain meteorites from is
> Zambia.
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> Best,
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> JKGwilliam
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> At 08:31 PM 1/5/2006, Steve Arnold, Chicago!! wrote:
> >Good evening list.With tucson rapidly approaching,I really hope that there
> >is some of the fukang pallasite available.I have never seen such secrecy
> >surrounding a meteorite.Well if there is some there I am going to buy a
> >piece.Any thought on what the availibility will be?Also while I am
> >thinking about it,which country is the hardest to obtain meteorites
> >from?CANADA,AUSTRALIA,CHINA,etc.I am wondering if some others might be
> >able to shead some thought on this.
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> > steve arnold,chicago
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