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El Hammami   contributed by Bernd Pauli   MetBul Link

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  H5

TKW 240 kg. Fall not observed. Found January 1997, Tiris Zemmour, Mauritania.

 


Bernd writes:
I acquired this absolutely fresh 45.6 gram fragment on the left from JNMC in 2009. Several spherical, dark chondrules protrude from the light gray matrix. The 15.4 gr piece on the right is moderately weathered. Some people say it’s camel sweat that caused such specimens to show such a weathered appearance. This specimen was purchased from Mike Farmer in 1998.
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
 


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MexicoDoug
 1/24/2022 10:28:14 PM		 Thanks Bernd for clearing up the curiosity, and in any case, thanks kindly for sharing with us those two great pieces of that very pivotal NWA fall, or more formally, NWA find!
Bernd Pauli
 1/24/2022 3:48:20 PM		 Hi Doug, it was already oxidized when I got it from Mike Farmer!
MexicoDoug
 1/24/2022 3:24:17 PM		 What a stark difference Bernd! Did you notice if the 1998 specimen was always oxidized as illustrated here, or has that happened over the time you*ve had it, presumably from action of the electrolytes in camel sweat, or more believe it believably tap water as cutting fluid, because camels don*t sweat!?
John Divelbiss
 1/24/2022 10:32:28 AM		 some slices of this meteorite I've had/have stayed beautiful, and others including one I gave my brother rusted and crumbled into a pile of rock over time.
 

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