cdtuc...@cox.net wrote:
Jeff, et al,
Thank you for that Jeff.
I see from a Macovich auction back in Feb. 4, 2001 that there is another
confusing series. The Sahara * series. Some of them show up in the bulletin
and some don't.
http://www.woreczko.pl/meteorites/sale/AuctionMacovich-Tucson200
Aloha Jeff and Zelimir,
Mahalo for the history lesson on Kem Kem. It was both informative and
interesting, and provides insight into meteorite hunting in pre-NWA
days.
gary
On Aug 14, 2009, at 12:09 AM, zelimir.gabel...@uha.fr wrote:
Hi List,
To bring a little more confusion to the "Ke
Hi List,
To bring a little more confusion to the "Kem-Kem issue", here is
another story.
It deals with a meteorite found in South Morocco in 1998 (31°7'N /
5°11'W), thus at a time the generic NWA designation did not exist.
That one stone weighing 1088 g was found by Michel Franco and, aft
The Kem Kem meteorites from Casper were a trigger for the NomCom
approving the NWA designation, which was my coinage in January
2000. But to really understand the history, you need to go back a
few years earlier, to El Hammami (aka Hamada du Draa), which was the
first case for which the NomCom
Hello Jason,
Thank you very much for mentioning the information that you are aware of. I
didn't mean to be angry at Dirk, but I kind of felt I was being attacked
when all I was trying to do was to add to the discussion of Kem Kem and I
have learned a great deal about it over the past few days.
Dirk, Brian, All,
This came up on the list a while back; from what I understood, Casper
sold those as well as a number of other stones under that name around
that time, and only classified one stone, before grouping a number of
similar-looking meteorites together under that name (I believe the
ment
Dear Brian and List,
Brian your are incorrect in your history lesson.
Michael Casper announced in his December 1999 catalogue that "a new find out
of Morocco- Kem-Kem" was "Found in August, 1999. Stone. Classification pending.
Kem Kem, Dahara, Morocco". Casper`s catalogue lists:
22.4g @ $44
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