[meteorite-list] Wanted - Bensour Info and Large Stone

[Galactic Stone & Ironworks]

Hi Rob,

As was related to me, Bensour didn't receive much follow-up attention
on the ground because that region of the Moroccan/Algerian border is
very dangerous - more so than other areas of the border.  Land mines
and aggressive Algerian militias are a very real threat and even the
Moroccans don't go there.  So we probably won't see many people
working the strewnfield over there.

A search of the web turned up a few research tidbits.  If you have
back-issues of MAPS, it might pay to comb through them.

Laboratory simulation of terrestrial meteorite weathering using the
Bensour (LL6) ordinary chondrite -

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00510.x/abstract


KILABO AND BENSOUR: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TWO RECENT LL6 FALLS -

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2003/pdf/1135.pdf


Magnetic properties of a freshly fallen LL ordinary chondrite: the
Bensour meteorite  -

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/els/00319201/2003/00000140/00000004/art00213



ROLE OF COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDES IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE LL6
METEORITE BENSOUR -

http://www.scgis.ru/russian/cp1251/h_dgggms/1-2008/informbul-1_2008/planet-4e.pdf


KILABO AND BENSOUR, TWO LL6 CHONDRITE FALLS FROM AFRICA WITH VERY
SIMILAR MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS BUT DIFFERENT COSMIC-RAY EXPOSURE
HISTORIES. -

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/pdf/1477.pdf


Best regards,

MikeG

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On 10/4/10, Rob Wesel <nakhladog at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hello all
>
> I am on the hunt for any information on the fall and recovery of Bensour,
> not so much the science after the recovery.
>
> Also on the hunt for a specimen 100 grams or larger.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Rob Wesel
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