El Ali meteorite: From whetstone to fame and to the tragedy of local people’s heritage

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Ali H. Egeh CommentMAPS, Version of Record online: 12 June 2025 LINK “The El Ali meteorite, a colossal 15.2 t iron meteorite, was discovered in an area characterized by bushy calcareous evaporates (sedimentary distinctive textures, which…

Meteorites: International law and regulations

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Max Gounelle, Matthieu Gounelle Meteoritics & Planetary Science, First Published:  6 October 2019 LINK “Although meteorites are now considered as scientific objects, they still bear a strong and powerful symbolic meaning due to their extraterrestrial…

New meteorite registration system at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources

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Apparently from now on meteorites that are imported into Korea or found in the country can (or even have to be) registered at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) LINK                     LINK (machine-translated)…

Who owns found meteorites in Norway?

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Gull, gråstein, fossiler og meteoritter by Marianne Reusch LINK Gold, stones, fossils and meteorites by Marianne Reusch LINK (English)

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