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and very fresh stone was purchased in Rissani, January 2002.
More Information:
Saharan meteorites from Morocco and surrounding countries
Northwest Africa
Purchased or found 1985 to Date
Many meteorites lacking first-hand documentation of the find location
are being sold by Moroccan rock and mineral dealers, and by people from
other countries who have collected material in Morocco. These
meteorites are all sold as Moroccan finds, but there are plausible
reports that some were actually collected in Algeria or Western Sahara.
Other meteorites have been reported from this region with what appear
to be preise find locations. The reliability of locality information
associated with these meteorites is difficult to assess due to the
anonymity of all of the finders and most of the original sellers, and
because the Nomenclature Committee lacks the resources to investigate.
All meteorites found in this region are numbered in a "Northwest
Africa" (NWA) series. The Nomenclature Committee considers it possible
that differently numbered specimens are paired with each other or with
other named meteorites, and some may even be derived from the same
individual object.
E-mail Address: meteorites@att.net