[meteorite-list] Test your Meteorite Knowledge, Win a Free Assortment of Micromounts!

[Don Merchant]

I totally agree Adam.
Sincerely
Don Merchant
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
To: "Adam" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Test your Meteorite Knowledge,Win a Free 
Assortment of Micromounts!


> As far as Antarctic finds go, the numbers are skewed and biased.  Every 
> fragment
> is counted as a find.   The finds from Antarctica are only a fraction of 
> what
> they once were. Pretty soon, it won't be cost effective to work this area. 
> If
> they counted the number of meteorites from Northwest Africa the same way, 
> then
> there would easily be over one million pieces. There must be over 100,000 
> pieces
> of NWA 869 alone!  The Sahara Desert is by far the most productive 
> meteorite
> producing region in the world, second to none!  More weight and rare 
> specimens
> have come from this area by far.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Adam
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