[meteorite-list] NWA meteorites

[Jeff Grossman]

The definition in the Nomenclature Committee guidelines is this: " All 
meteorites found, reported to be found, or purchased in Morocco and 
adjacent parts of the surrounding countries."

"Surrounding countries" has been interpreted to mean the adjacent 
countries (Western Sahara and Algeria), and the nearby, northern regions 
of Mauritania and Mali.  More distant countries like Tunisia and Niger 
are not included, if we know that they are the source regions.

Two meteorites once did slip through the cracks, however:  NWA 1241 and 
1242 were both supposedly found in Libya.

Jeff

On 5/27/2011 8:24 AM, Peter Scherff wrote:
> Hi,
> 	What countries do NWA meteorites come from? The countries that I see
> listed in  the Meteoritical Bulletin are: Algeria, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco
> &  Western Sahara. Are there other "official" countries? How about
> "unofficial" ones, where you know or suspect that a meteorite found in
> another country was said to  have been purchased or found in an "official"
> NWA country. What do you know or suspect?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter
>
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