[meteorite-list] Oum Rokba (H5)

[Zelimir.Gabelica at uha.fr]

Hello Bob,

Oum Rokba was apparently re-named "NWA 400".

I purchased my specimen from Blaine Reed in 2001 and the provenance on  
his label was then "Algeria" (neither Morocco, nor Western Sahara).

If you look at the MetBull database, NWA 400 is still provisional and  
the synonym "Oum Rokba" is not mentioned. But Algeria is well the  
country reported...

Here is the writeup from my catalog of my specimen, now listed as NWA 400:

NWA 400 (?Oum Rokba?), Algeria, H5, found 2000; tkw: Many at 100+ kg.
Coll. code: BR 01/362.
Brief description:
"Individual, 100% crusted, 44.71 g, 45x35x15 mm, brown, irregular,  
wind-polished chunk. Last meteorite from Sahara having received a  
(formerly official) name, thus ?Oum Rokba? (see Met. Times, Dec. 2008)  
before the ?NWA nomenclature?. Oum Rokba will (should ?) soon become a  
synonym of NWA 400, name still to be confirmed as well..."

I recognize there is still some confusion about that one and will be  
also glad to learn more if someone can help further.

Best wishes,

Zelimir


Robert Verish <bolidechaser at yahoo.com> a écrit :

> A question for those of you who may have visited this strewn field:
>
> In September of 2000, several hundred chondritic stones with a total  
> known weight of around 100 kilos were exported out of Morocco. All  
> of these stones were found by a Berber native turned meteorite  
> hunter a few kilometers from an Oasis named Oum Rokba.
> Does anyone have the coordinates for that "Oasis"?
>
> I'm not sure if this oasis is in Maroc or in Western Sahara, so how  
> do I go about finding these coordinates?
>
> -- Bob V.
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