[meteorite-list] Catalog of the recovered Bassikounou masses released

[M come Meteorite Meteorites]

probably the work is not ended seen many pieces is not
present in the list, the 90+ kg. is not the final tkw.
Now I need another piece of this meteorite for a trade here
in Italy.

Matteo

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Da : matt <metlist at plu.to>
A : Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Oggetto : Re: [meteorite-list] Catalog of the recovered
Bassikounou masses released
Data : Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:25:48 +0100


> An absolutely stunning piece of work, well done Svend and

> Matthias. I've only managed a quick browser through so far

> , but look forward to spending longer reading it later.

> It's enlightening to see this amount of detail regarding a

> fall and it's subsequent collection/distribution.

> 

> Thanks for all your time and effort,

> 

> Matt.

> 

> info at niger-meteorite-recon.de wrote:

> > We are pleased to announce that the Descriptive Catalog

> on the Recovered Masses of the Bassikounou Meteorite Fall

> is now available as a non-commercial download. >

> > The catalog lists 108 single masses of a combined weight

> of 62.186kg (including the 6.120kg main mass) individually

> and another 31.665kg in lots. More than 80 individual

> masses are pictured. The final TKW of the Bassikounou

> meteorite fall is 93.851kg. >

> > In the latest phase of this undertaking we have often

> been approached by collectors explaining that regarding to

> their observations the TKW should be much higher. To prove

> their point they showed us images of single Bassikounou

> meteorites or complete lots they were offered recently. In

> 99% of these cases we had cataloged the particular masses

> before either individually or under a certain lot. >

> > In this context it might be interesting for some of you,

> that many meteorites change hands already before they get

> distributed. Moroccan sellers equip their colleagues with

> commission material to visit Europe, or they simply

> exchange certain batches of material between one another.

> This is the reason why one and the same meteorite can be

> offered to you from different sellers from the same NWA

> country successively.  >

> > During our research we were able to follow an exemplary

> Bassikounou mass on its journey from the local finder, to

> a distributor in Morroco, to a meteorite fair in France,

> to a European mineral dealer and finally to a collector in

> Canada. During the stations of the journey this particular

> meteorite was offered no less than 12 times under

> different circumstances and with different photos.  >

> > This in mind it is no wonder that people think there is

> much more material circulating than actually is. Our

> experience lead us to the conclusion that many recent

> meteorite falls that produced showers are largely

> overestimated in their total weight. >

> > We hope that our investigation may aid the understanding

> and recovery of future meteorite falls in isolated areas.

> And we are positive, that our undertaking helps to

> sensitize finders as well as distributors in Mauritania

> and Morocco to preserve the information that is connected

> to the meteorites they trade.  >

> > You can access the complete catalog by clicking at the

> cover image on the bottom of page 5 of the Bassikounou

> report: >

> >

>

http://www.niger-meteorite-recon.de/en/Bassikounou_Meteorite_5.htm

> >

> > Or simply by copying the direct link into your browser:

> >

> >

>

http://www.niger-meteorite-recon.de/img_inventar/Buhl_Baermann_Catalog.pdf

> >

> > Please allow the large document some time to load.

> >

> >

> > Thanks again to all contributors.

> >

> >

> > Svend Buhl & Matthias Baermann

> >

> >

> >

> >   

> 

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