[meteorite-list] NWA/Sahara maps

[Jeff Grossman]

There are no boundaries to either the NWA area or the Sahara 
area.  "Sahara" refers to meteorites for which the finders are 
intentionally withholding the geographic coordinates.  These cannot be 
placed on a map unless somebody can convince the finders, mainly the 
Labennes, to release the data.  "NWA" refers mostly to meteorites 
originating in the marketplaces of Morocco.  Most of these have either no 
coordinates or uncertain coordinates.  A few may have good coordinates, but 
it is left as an exercise for the reader to figure out which they are; I 
can't say. Again, a map is pretty much useless.

So, what you seek does not exist because it isn't possible.

jeff

At 04:25 PM 7/10/2004, minador wrote:
>Hi List,
>
>Are there any regional maps depicting NWA & Sahara (and others?) on the same
>map?  I've found some material online, but they're small scale maps that
>don't show the "big picture".
>
>I know there are uniquely named falls/finds through out Northern Africa.
>I'm mainly interested in a visual showing the boundaries that would
>determine whether an unclassified specimen would be called NWA vs. Sahara
>(or any other "catch all" names that may be in the same part of the world).
>
>Thanks for any help!
>
>Mark Bowling
>Vail, AZ
>
>
>
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Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman
Chair, Meteorite Nomenclature Committee (Meteoritical Society)
US Geological Survey
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