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[Richard Montgomery]

Adam, List and all...

Will the NWA deserts continue to yield numbers?  Considering the ice-sheet 
models vs. desert sands, my question surrounds the ablation 
issue(terrestrial)... ice vs. sand.

Which environment will yield more??  Considering constraints of foraging in 
sub-zero-temp environs and still, the challenging (and sometimes politically 
lethal) desert environs...what are this List's thoughts?

Have any studies been done in this regard?

We are living in the meteorite-rush....discoveries of new finds in our 
cherished discovery zones will eventually become depleted....and I've 
thought that the African deserts would soon become depleted in relation to 
ice-ablation models in the antartic...yet, considering the vast area 
(miles^2) of sand vs. ice, and considering the ongoing discoveries in the 
desert, not even to mention sand ablation...I do wonder.

-Richard Montgomery


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
To: "Adam" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 3:57 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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