[meteorite-list] New Mauretanian meteorite?

[Peter Marmet]

On behalf of Beda Hofmann, who's e-mails do not make it to the list  
at this time:


Hello list

Does anyone know about a recent fall in Mauretania? I have received a  
sample
of a meteorite that supposedly fell on October 12, 2006. At first I  
did not
believe the story, the stuff looks like El Hammami and probably is  
also an H.
However, first results from low-level gamma-spectroscopy indicate it  
is really
a recent fall (short-lived radionuclides are present).

Please let me know if somebody knows that other labs are working on the
classification already...

Best regards
Beda Hofmann
beda.hofmann at geo.unibe.ch