[meteorite-list] Begaa

[Alexander Seidel]

"Begaa" = NWA 4910

...a long story for a fine meteorite to get an official name...
(Details are to be found elsewhere, regarding juicy gossip, and
not here, sorry :-))

Best,
Alex
Berlin/Germany



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> Datum: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:34:58 -1000
> Von: "Don Giovanni" <grigaro at operamail.com>
> An: "meteorite list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Betreff: [meteorite-list] Begaa

> 
> Hello,
> 
> Wondering if anyone can fill in some blanks about Begaa.  It was popularly
>  
> bought and sold several years ago (and with good reason, gorgeous LL3!    
> Unofficially, anyways).
> 
> But I can't find any reference in the Meteoritical Bulletin.  Not even as 
> a "synonym", so I'm thinking it must not be just a name-change deal,  
> NWA-xxxx, ect.   Eric Twelker's Meteorite Market online site offers a  
> tantalizing tidbit,  "It was reportedly bypassed by the scientific  
> community because of disputes with the finders".  It was found in 1999, so
>  
> there has surely been more than enough time for this to be officially  
> recognized, if it was ever going to be.  And a quick search of the  
> met-list archives showed a number of sale-postings, but not the story I'm 
> looking for, unless I missed something.  Same with a google search.
> 
> Can any listers can offer any insights as far as the "untold story" on  
> this beauty?  Juicy gossip preferred.  :)
> 
> DG
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