[meteorite-list] New meteorite fall Morocco

From: Bob Loeffler <bobl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:12:43 -0700
Message-ID: <20090125181247.7375C10559_at_mailwash5.pair.com>

Hi Mike,

I agree. The progression of photos shows that the "crater" was getting
bigger and bigger (it's big enough for the guy to sit in in the last few
photos), so it was definitely widened as the guy was looking for more pieces
of the meteorite. But, even the original pit has a cratered look to it, and
others have told us on this list that a meteorite that small shouldn't cause
a crater, so I have my doubts about this one too. But I'm still a newbie,
so I will leave this one to the experts.

Regards,

Bob


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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New meteorite fall Morocco

Aid,

These look like nice meteorites and I don't doubt that these are
genuine. I do find it hard to believe that the small craters were
formed from these stones. The craters look dug and appear too large and
deep for the little rocks your are displaying.

Am I missing something?

Best Regards,

Mike Tettenborn

Aid Mohamed wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I have been to the place the new meteorite fell and I was lucky to find
some pieces myself, you can find pieces from TOURJDALE to OUED AACHIR, the
big piece I can say 20 kg, it was fragments and the nomads were there first
and pick it up, each one has a piece, and I estimated a 20kg largest piece.
you can find small holes in the trajectory of the fall, in the big one we
find the sand burned and mixed with the very small fragments.
> You can beleive me, because I was there and these are the photo:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/34600337 at N07/
> I don't lie or pretend milligrams or hundereds of kilos, more than 50 per
cent of this meteorites are small fragments without crust or have some. I
learned on this list more than 500kg were found, and tents kilos were
offered for sale, and I'm asking for photos of even 500g.
>
> Thank you
> Aid
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