[meteorite-list] Exploring the Solar System in Antarctica (NWA vs Antarctica)

From: Carl Agee <agee_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 14:27:43 -0600
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Northwest Africa 2737, the only other chassignite.
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On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Carl Agee <agee at unm.edu> wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> Add to that list NWA 7731 (L3.00). Semarkona (LL3.00) may still be
> King, but 7731 is certainly a Prince!
>
> The only thing that Antarctic finds have going for them is that
> weathering is much slower there than in North Africa, so fresher
> material in general. But if I look at the ANSMET annual yield of
> exceptional meteorites it is paltry compared to NWA. For planetaries
> over the past ten years or so, NWA is definitely King!
>
> Carl
>
>
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> Carl B. Agee
> Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics
> Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
> MSC03 2050
> University of New Mexico
> Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
>
> Tel: (505) 750-7172
> Fax: (505) 277-3577
> Email: agee at unm.edu
> http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks
> <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Adam and List,
>>
>> Not taking into account old Saharan meteorites (like Nakhla and
>> Tatahouine), here is a list of some recent meteorites from the Sahara
>> that hold significant scientific and/or collector interest :
>>
>> "Black Beauty" (NWA 7034)
>>
>> Tissint
>>
>> Jbilet Winselwan
>>
>> NWA 5000
>>
>> NWA 998
>>
>> Almahata Sitta
>>
>> NWA 4301
>>
>> Zag
>>
>> Gebel Kamil
>>
>> Too many Vestans to list.
>>
>> I threw together this list on the fly and in an arbitrary fashion.
>> The true number of Saharan meteorites valuable to science is subject
>> to interpretation, but it surely numbers in the many hundreds.
>> Granted, many NWA's are weathered and redundant, highly-equilibrated,
>> ordinary chondrites. But, many Antarctics are sub-gram fragments of
>> paired finds. So I think the signal-to-noise ratio of NWA's versus
>> Antarctics is about even.
>>
>> Best regards and happy huntings,
>>
>> MikeG
>>
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>> On 10/9/13, Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> It should be changed to "A few of the best meteorites are found in
>>> Antarctica but these days, most are found in the Sahara"
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
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>>> Cc:
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2013 11:40 AM
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Exploring the Solar System in Antarctica
>>>
>>> Exploring the Solar System From the Ends of the Earth
>>> The best meteorites are found in ? Antarctica.
>>> By Meenakshi Wadhwa, Slate Magazine
>>> http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/09/the_best_meteorites_are_found_in_antarctica.html
>>>
>>> Yours,
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>>> Paul H.
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