A Mysterious Meteorite Fell to Earth From a Planet That Doesn't Exist

NWA 15915- A Mysterious Meteorite Fell to Earth From a Planet That Doesn't Exist

A Mysterious Meteorite Fell to Earth From a Planet That Doesn't Exist

Scientists think it came from a planet similar to Mercury, but not Mercury.

by Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, March 21, 2025

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/solar-system/a64233228/mercury-meteorite/

Northwest Africa 15915  Meteorological Bulletin

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=79980

Weird meteorite may be relic of lost planet that no longer exists

by Alex Wilkins, New Scientist, March 18, 2025

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2472541-weird-meteorite-may-be-relic-of-lost-planet-that-no-longer-exists/

Yours,

Paul H.

Wild 22-Million-Year Journey of a Meteorite 29APR2021

Wild 22-Million-Year Journey of a Meteorite

Astronomers Trace Wild 22-Million-Year Journey of a Meteorite That Crashed to Earth
https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-trace-22-million-year-journey-of-a-meteorite-that-crashed-to-earth

Motopi Pan
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=74065

The open access paper is:

Jenniskens, P., Gabadirwe, M., Yin, Q.Z., Proyer, A., Joses, O., Kohout, T., Franchi, F., Gibson, R.L.,
Kowalski, R., Christensen, E.J. and Gibbs, A.R.,
The impact and recovery of asteroid 2018 LA.
Meteoritics & Planetary Science.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/maps.13653

Yours,

Paul H.

Meteorite 'gold rush' after meteor falls over Prescott, Arizona 20SEP2020

 Meteorite 'gold rush' after meteor falls over Prescott, Arizona

Meteorite 'gold rush' after meteor falls over Prescott

By: Chloe Mar, Northern Arizona News, Feb 17, 2020

https://www.abc15.com/news/region-northern-az/prescott/meteorite-gold-rush-after-meteor-falls-over-prescott

Expert in Prescott describes Sunday meteor event in northern Arizona

Joey Carrera, AZFamilyNews, Feb 16, 2020

https://www.azfamily.com/news/expert-in-prescott-describes-sunday-meteor-event-in-northern-arizona/article_282bfc50-5140-11ea-8249-aff2ac03c70c.html

Yours,

Paul H.

Seven billion year-old stardust found in meteorite 15JAN2020

 Seven billion year-old stardust found in meteorite

Meteorite contains the oldest material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old
stardust. The ancient stardust reveals a 'baby boom' in star formation
Field Museum, January 13, 2020
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200113153306.htm
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-meteorite-stardust-oldest-ever-examined-lab

The paper is;

Philipp R. Heck, Jennika Greer, Levke Kööp, Reto Trappitsch, Frank
Gyngard, Henner Busemann, Colin Maden, Janaína N. Ávila, Andrew
M. Davis, Rainer Wieler. Lifetimes of interstellar dust from cosmic
ray exposure ages of presolar silicon carbide. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences, Jan. 13, 2020; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1904573117

Yours,

Paul H.

Edscottite Found in Meteorite

Edscottite Found in Meteorite

Extraterrestrial Mineral Never Before Seen on Earth Found Inside a Famous Meteorite
By Yasemin Saplakoglu, Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/new-extraterrestrial-mineral-edscottite-meteorite.html

Scientists Confirm The Discovery of a Mineral Never Before Seen in Nature. Science Alert
https://www.sciencealert.com/mineral-never-seen-in-nature-found-buried-in-heart-of-mysterious-meteorite

This meteorite came from the core of another planet. Inside it, a new mineral By Liam Mannix, The Age
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/this-meteorite-came-from-the-core-of-another-planet-inside-it-a-new-mineral-20190830-p52mhg.html

The paper is:

Ma, C. and Rubin, A.E., 2019. Edscottite, Fe5C2, a new iron carbide mineral from the Ni-rich
Wedderburn IAB iron meteorite. American Mineralogist, 104(9), pp.1351-1355.
https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ammin.2019.104.issue-9/am-2019-7102/am-2019-7102.xml

https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/ammin/article/104/9/1351/573345/edscottite-fe5c2-a-new-iron-carbide-mineral-from

Yours,

Paul H.

Meteorite shows evidence of ancient volcanism on a long-gone protoplanet

Meteorite shows evidence of ancient volcanism on a long-gone protoplanet

A meteorite older than Earth shows evidence of ancient volcanism on a long-gone protoplanet, Phil Plait, SYFY WIRE
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/a-meteorite-older-than-earth-shows-evidence-of-ancient-volcanism-on-a-long-gone-protoplanet

Oldest-ever igneous meteorite contains clues to planet building blocks. University of Arizona, August 2, 2018
https://asunow.asu.edu/20180802-oldest-ever-igneous-meteorite-contains-clues-planet-building-blocks

Taylor, G.J., 2018. The Oldest Volcanic Meteorite: A Silica-Rich Lava on a Geologically Complex Planetesimal. Planetary Science Research Discoveries Report, Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Aug18/PSRD-oldest-volcanic-meteorite.pdf

Some papers are:

Hoffmann, V.H., Wimmer, K., Hochleitner, R. and Kaliwoda, M., 2018, March. Northwest Africa (NWA) 11119---Probing an Unknown Early Planetary Body?. In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Vol. 49).
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/2468.pdf

Srinivasan, P., Dunlap, D.R., Agee, C.B., Wadhwa, M., Coleff, D., Ziegler, K., Zeigler, R. and McCubbin, F.M., 2018. Silica-rich volcanism in the early solar system dated at 4.565 Ga. Nature communications, 9(1), p.30-36. Open Access
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05501-0

Yours,

Paul H.

Blue Crystals from Meteorite Record Young Sun’s Outbursts 01AUG2018

 Blue Crystals from Meteorite Record Young Sun’s Outbursts

The Young Sun’s Outbursts Were Trapped in

Blue Crystals From Outer Space Gases trapped

inside a meteorite that fell to Earth offer the

first physical clues of the “terrible twos”

phase of our star early in the life of the solar

system. By Nicholas St. Fleur, July 30, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/science/blue-crystals-sun.html

 

Blue crystals in meteorites show that our Sun

went through the 'terrible twos', Field Museum

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-blue-crystals-meteorites-sun-terrible.html

Yours,

Paul H.

Diamonds from Meteorite Might Have Formed Inside a Long-lost Planet

Diamonds from Meteorite Might Have Formed Inside a Long-lost Planet

These diamonds from space formed inside a long-lost planet,

scientists say. By Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, April 17, 2018

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/04/17/these-space-diamonds-come-from-a-long-lost-planet-scientists-say/

The open access paper is:

Farhang Nabiei, James Badro, Teresa Dennenwaldt, Emad Oveisi,

Marco Cantoni, Cécile Hébert, Ahmed El Goresy, Jean-Alix Barrat,

and Philippe Gillet, 2018, A large planetary body inferred from

diamond inclusions in a ureilite meteorite Nature Communications

volume 9, Article number: 1327 (2018) doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03808-6

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-03808-6

Supplementary Information at:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-03808-6#Sec16

https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41467-018-03808-6/MediaObjects/41467_2018_3808_MOESM1_ESM.pdf

The reviewer's comments from peer-review are included.

It is chance to see how scientists conduct peer-review.

Reviewers comments at:

https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41467-018-03808-6/MediaObjects/41467_2018_3808_MOESM2_ESM.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.

Oldest magnetic record in the solar system discovered in a meteorite

Oldest magnetic record in the solar system discovered in a meteorite

Oldest magnetic record in the solar system discovered in a meteorite by Lisa Zyga, Phys.org, April 5, 2018
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-oldest-magnetic-solar-meteorite.html

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2018/march/meteorite-reveals-the-oldest-magnets-in-the-solar-system.html

The paper is:

Shah, J., Williams, W., Almeida, T.P., Nagy, L., Muxworthy, A.R., Kovács, A., Valdez-Grijalva, M.A., Fabian, K., Russell, S.S., Genge, M.J. and Dunin-Borkowski, R.E., 2018. The oldest magnetic record in our solar system identified using nanometric imaging and numerical modeling. Nature communications, 9(1), p. 1173.

Yours,

Paul H.

Search is on for meteorite in metro Detroit 19JAN2018

 Search is on for meteorite in metro Detroit

Fake meteorites abound as hut for fragments intensifies

WXYZ-TV Detroit, Channel 7, January 18, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPbc6XnnBYY

"Fake meteorites are turning up as people search for the

real deal following the recent spotting of a meteor in

the skies over Michigan."

Michigan Meteor: How do you know if you've found a meteorite?

WXYZ-TV Detroit,  Channel 7, January 17, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-7Ja90d0_Y

Search is on for meteorite in metro Detroit

WXYZ-TV Detroit,  Channel 7, January 17, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWYbhLDcxiA

"People are out in Macomb Township on Wednesday

afternoon in hopes to find meteorites from the meteor

that blew up over the skies of Michigan on Tuesday

night."

Hunting for meteorites on Michigan soil

WXYZ-TV Detroit,  Channel 7, January 17, 2018

Published on Jan 17, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrnzFtGSgp8

Yours,

Paul H.

Have Martian Fossils Been Obliterated by Meteorite Impacts ?

Have Martian Fossils Been Obliterated by Meteorite Impacts ?

Have signs of Martian life been obliterated by meteorite
blasts? Daily Mail, August 9, 2016
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3731884/Have-signs-Martian-life-obliterated-meteorite-blasts-Extreme-pressures-impact-wipe-organic-compounds-study-finds.html

Meteors might have wiped out evidence of life on
Mars in the places we’re looking by Josh Hrala
Science Alert, August 12, 2016
http://www.sciencealert.com/impact-craters-are-not-the-best-places-to-look-for-signs-of-life-on-mars-study-finds

Evidence of Martian life could be hard to find in
some meteorite blast sites, Imperial College London
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_8-8-2016-12-31-10
http://www.sciencenewsline.com/news/2016080815080028.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160808091250.htm

The paper is:

Montgomery, W., G. D. Bromiley, and M. A. Sephton.
2016, The nature of organic records in impact
excavated rocks on Mars. Scientific Reports.
Vol. 6, no. 30947 DOI: 10.1038/srep30947
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep30947

Another recent article about meteorite impacts is:

How Often do Meteorites Hit the Earth?
Space.com by Samantha Mathewson, August 10, 2016
http://www.space.com/33695-thousands-meteorites-litter-earth-unpredictable-collisions.html

Yours,

Paul H.

60 Years Ago, A Human Was Hit by a Meteorite in Alabama

60 Years Ago, A Human Was Hit by a Meteorite in Alabama

60 Years Ago Today, A Human Was Hit
by a Meteorite by Phil Plait, Slate Magazine,
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/11/30/sylacauga_meteorite_60th_anniversary_of_a_human_hit_by_a_space_rock.html

Rhodri Marsden's Interesting Objects: The
Sylacauga meteorite by R. Marsden, The
Independent, November 28, 2014
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/rhodri-marsdens-interesting-objects-the-sylacauga-meteorite-9887893.html

UA marks anniversary of meteorite hitting
woman, Washington Times, Nov. 27, 2014‎
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/27/ua-marks-anniversary-of-meteorite-hitting-woman/

Other Sources

Hodges Meteorite Strike (Sylacauga Aerolite)
Encyclopedia of Alabma,
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1280

A star fell on Sylacauga '54 meteorite struck
home, woman, changed lives, Decatur Daily
http://archive.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/061130/meteorite.shtml

Yours,

Paul H.

Meteorite Bears Evidence of Early Solar System Magnetic Fields

Meteorite Bears Evidence of Early Solar System Magnetic Fields

Meteorite Bears Evidence of Magnetic Fields in Early Solar System (New research shows
that magnetic fields played a role in the solar system's formation) by Charles Q. Choi, Inside
Science News Service, Scientific American
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meteorite-bears-evidence-of-magnetic-fields-in-early-solar-system/

Magnetic fields frozen into meteorite grains tell a shocking tale of solar system birth
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141113142110.htm
https://asunews.asu.edu/20141113-magnetic-fields

The paper is:
Fu, R. R., B. P. Weiss, E. A. Lima, R. J.
Harrison, X.-N Bai, S. J. Desch, D. S. Ebel,
C. Suavet, H. Wang, D. Glenn, D. Le Sage,
T. Kasama, R. L. Walsworth, and A. T. Kuan,
2014, Solar nebula magnetic fields recorded
in the Semarkona meteorite. Science, 13
November 2014 DOI: 10.1126/science.1258022
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2014/11/12/science.1258022

Yours,

Paul H

Trove of Data from Russian 'Dash-cam' Meteorite

Trove of Data from Russian 'Dash-cam' Meteorite

Trove of data from Russian 'dash-cam' meteorite by Simon
Redfern, The Conversation, Phys.Org, November 27, 2013
http://phys.org/news/2013-11-trove-russian-dash-cam-meteorite.html
http://theconversation.com/secrets-revealed-of-dash-cam-meteorite-that-rocked-russia-19923

Related articles:

First study results of Russian Chelyabinsk meteor published
Phys.Org, November 6, 2013
http://phys.org/news/2013-11-results-russian-chelyabinsk-meteor-published.html

Chelyabinsk meteor explosion a 'wake-up call', scientists
warn by Shireen Chan, The Conversation, November 7, 2013
http://phys.org/news/2013-11-chelyabinsk-meteor-explosion-wake-up-scientistswarn.html
http://theconversation.com/chelyabinsk-meteor-explosion-a-wake-up-call-scientists-warn-19874

How Satellites Watched Russian Meteor Explosion from
Space by Charles Q. Choi, SPACE.com, October 21, 2013
http://www.space.com/23273-russia-meteor-chelyabinsk-satellite-photos.html

Happy Thanksgiving,

Paul H.

Meteorite pulled from Lake Chebarkul, Russia

Meteorite pulled from Lake Chebarkul, Russia

Meteorite pulled from Russian lake, BBC News, Oct. 16, 2103
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24550941

Scientists find half-ton chunk of Chelyabinsk meteor on bottom
of Russian lake, Associated Press and The Telegraph
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/10/16/scientists-find-half-ton-chunk-of-chelyabinsk-meteor-on-bottom-of-russian-lake/

Russian meteor fragment literally breaks the scales,
by Elizabeth Barber, Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 16, 2013
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/1016/Russian-meteor-fragment-literally-breaks-the-scales

Yours,

Paul H.

Meteorite (Art) Shot Back Into To Space

Meteorite (Art) Shot Back Into To Space

Innovative solution to modern art found: Shoot it into space
(Meteorite-riddled Earthlings to finally return fire at the universe)
by Lewis Page, The Register, July 3, 2013
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/03/innovative_solution_to_modern_art_found_shoot_it_into_space/

Yours,

Paul H

Article: Discovery of probably Tunguska meteorites at the bottom of Khushmo river's shoal

Article: Discovery of probably Tunguska meteorites at the bottom of Khushmo river's shoal

In "Re: [meteorite-list] Article: Discovery of probably
Tunguska meteorites at the bottom of Khushmo river's shoal." at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com/msg112777.html
Robert wrote:

" http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1304/1304.8070.pdf

Discovery of probably Tunguska meteorites at the
bottom of Khushmo river's shoal (by) Andrei E. Zlobin
Vernadsky State Geological Museum, Russian Academy
of Sciences, Mokhovaya 11/11, 125009, Moscow,
Russian Federation

I am stunned.
>From the Vernadsky State Geological Museum,
Russian Academy of Sciences!!
The "shatter-cones" appear to be aragonite crystals.
The samples are all m-wrongs.
This paper would never pass the peer-review of Club-Space-Rock,
how did it get past the Cornell University Library?
http://arxiv.org/help/endorsement
How did this ever get published?"

If a person looks at the endorsemen web page at
http://arxiv.org/help/endorsement , it specifically
states:

"The endorsement process is not peer review."

Thus, the articles posted to arXiv are not peer-reviewed.

Over the years, I have noticed that the arXiv endorsement
system, although it allows "publication" of articles at a much
lower cost than conventional peer-reviewed journals, also
allows some rather questionable material to at times to be
"published" on arXiv. This material includes catastrophist
pseudoscience such as "Tails of a Recent Comet" by Milton
Zysman and Frank Wallace at http://arxiv.org/abs/1004.0416
and long discredited and scientifically illiterate nonsense
about a "pole shift" causing the end of the last glacial as in
"On the change of latitude of Arctic East Siberia at the end
of the Pleistocene" by W. Woelfli and W. Baltensperger at
http://arxiv.org/abs/0704.2489?context=physics.geo-ph

A person has to take a critical look at what appears on
arxiv.org and not accept it at face value. It appears the
arXiv Blog simply repeats what the article is about
without making a critical examination of the article's
content. It is largely an Internet version of a press
release and should be viewed with the same skepticism
and critical eye as any press release.

Comments about another arXiv reprint can be found
in "Meteorite crater found on mount Ararat?" at:

http://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com/msg94574.html

The article is:

Yours,
Paul H.

LPSC 2013: Do we have a meteorite from Mercury?

LPSC 2013: Do we have a meteorite from Mercury?

LPSC 2013: Do we have a meteorite from Mercury?
by E. Lakdawalla, The Planetary Society, March 21, 2013
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2013/03211549-lpsc-hermean-meteorite.html

Greenish rock may be first meteorite from Mercury
Chemical makeup is mostly in line with observations
from Messenger probe, scientists say. NBC News
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50712511/ns/technology_and_science-space/
http://www.universetoday.com/99745/is-this-meteorite-a-piece-of-mercury/

The First-Ever Meteorite from Mercury? {NWA 7325
is a meteorite like no other. Found in Morocco last
year, this clutch of small stones looks to be a near-
perfect geochemical match to the surface of the
innermost planet. Sky and Telescope Magazine
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/The-First-Ever-Meteorite-from-Mercury-189374981.html

Northwest Africa 7325, Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 47
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=55627

The paper is:

Irving, A. J., S. M. Kuehner, T. E. Bunch, K. Ziegler, G. Chen,
C. D. K. Herd, R. M. Conrey, and S. Ralew, 2013, Ungrouped
Mafic Achondrite Northwest Africa 7325: A Reduced, Iron-Poor
Cumulate Olivine Gabbro from a Differentiated Planetary
Parent Body. 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference,
eld March 18-22, 2013 in The Woodlands, Texas. LPI
Contribution No. 1719, p.2164

PDF file: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2013/pdf/2164.pdf
Citation: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013LPICo1719.2164I

Yours,
Paul H.

Geological Survey of Canada fails to return piece of meteorite he discovered

Geological Survey of Canada fails to return piece of meteorite he discovered

In “Geological Survey of Canada fails to return piece of meteorite he discovered” at
http://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com/msg110706.html
MikeG wrote:

“I am a bit confused here. I didn't see the name of the meteorite
mentioned in the article, only that it was found in the Yukon in
1986. Is this an unclassified fall or find?”

It is an unclassified find. According to the news articles, the
Canadian Geological Survey geologists have determined that
it is a meteorite.

MikeG stated.

“Also, a $1000 payout for a 243g meteorite works out to a mere
$4/g - which is pretty good for a highly-weathered ordinary
chondrite find. But a fresher, recent fall should fetch more than that.”

According to the below article, that was the lower end of price
range that Attorney General of Canada Office appraised it as
noted in:

Decade-long disagreement over meteorite back in court
(A more than 10-year battle Daniel Sabo has had with the
Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) continued Monday in
the Yukon Court of Appeal.) by Stephanie Waddell, Whitehorse
Daily Star, November 6, 2012
http://www.whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/decade-long-disagreement-over-meteorite-back-in-court/

In this article, Mrs. Waddell wrote,

“While Sabo has estimated the rock’s value at $12.1 million,
Alexander Benitah, who’s representing the Attorney General
of Canada in the case, pointed to estimates that had it come
in between $1,000 and $2,500 based on the evidence of the
GSC.

He argued Sabo’s valuation is based solely on the highest-priced
meteorite Sabo found on the Internet, while the $1,000 to $2,500
is based on the evidence of the GSC.”

Finally, MikeG stated.

“Lastly, the guy sounds like some sort of conspiracy nut who
claimed GSC switched out his meteorite and gave him an
imposter in return. Then he demanded $12 million in damages,
which was denied.”

The below articles are rather revealing of the entire controversy
and Daniel Sabo’s state of mind.

1. Meteorite conspiracy could be on the rocks by Tristin Hopper,
Yukon news, September 12, 2008 http://yukon-news.com/news/9865/

2. A tale of two meteorites by Tristin Hopper Yukon News,
July 18, 2008, http://www.yukon-news.com/sports/9552/

For example, Mr. Sabo believes not only did the Canadian
Geological Survey replaced his meteorite with a carefully sculpted
replica made from another meteorite, but they also gave his
original meteorite to NASA’s Johnson Space Laboratory. He
also claims that the “fusion crust” on the specimen was faked
using “aluminum — embedded with iron particles to simulate
the magnetic properties of magnetite.”

Yours,

Paul H.

Oman contributed 16% of world's meteorite finds in 2011

Oman contributed 16% of world's meteorite finds in 2011
MENAFN, Muscat Daily, January 25, 2103
http://www.menafn.com/menafn/1093602529/--Oman-contributed-16-of-worlds-meteorite-finds-2011?src=RSS

Note that this article states: 

"''Now, export of any kind of rock is prohibited unless authorised by the relevant authority,'' he said."

and

"Oman's Mining Law, The Mining Law issued by Royal Decree No 27/2003, prohibits the practice of all rock and mineral and exploratory activities and trading in the same without obtaining permission from the Directorate General of Minerals."

Some other older articles.

Experts study meteorites, Oman Observer
Mon, 17 December 2012
http://main.omanobserver.om/node/133724

Oman is major site for meteor discovery (Country was second only to Antarctica in meteor finds until 2007) Emirates 24/7, October 19, 2010
http://www.emirates247.com/news/oman-is-major-site-for-meteor-discovery-2010-10-19-1.306190

Searching for Meteorites in the Deserts of Oman
by Simon Mitton, Live Science, May 18, 2009
http://www.livescience.com/3613-searching-meteorites-deserts-oman.html


Related papers are:

Korotev, R. L., 2012, Lunar meteorites from Oman.
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 47, no 8,
pp. 1365–1402 (August 2012)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01393.x/abstract


Hofmann, B. A., E. Gnos, A. Al-Kathiri, and A. J. T. Jull,
2006, Meteorite accumulation surfaces in Oman: Main
results of Omani-Swiss meteorite search campaigns,
2001-2006. 4th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Bern 2006.
http://geoscience-meeting.scnatweb.ch/sgm2006/SGM06_abstracts/08_OS_Min_Pet/Hofmann_Beda_Talk_or_Poster.pdf

Best wishes,
Paul H.