Moroccan meteorites cross the border to be sold in milliards
Moroccan meteorites cross the border to be sold in milliards
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| Moroccan meteorites cross the border to be sold in milliards |
Moroccan meteorites cross the border to be sold in milliards
The meteorite has been repeated in many Moroccan cities to gradually become a cross-border trade of deserts into museums, international auctions, research institutes and wealthy people. But experts stress the need to preserve this legacy from the hands of the abusers and those who demand it.
The meteorite fell in Moroccan cities such as Bagneres in 2004, then Ouarzazate in 2008, and in the regions of Egram and Tagmont in 2012.
But the most important and important meteorite is the "Tint" known as the "black beauty" that fell in the desert of "Tsint" in the province of Tata in southern Morocco in 2011.
Moroccan geologist Hasnaoui Chenoui told Agence France-Presse that the Meteorite meteorite belongs to Mars
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It revealed that pieces of this meteorite, weighing between 1 and 98 grams, were found by locals who sold them to dealers.
Morocco has known in recent years the recurrence of the fall of the meteorite to become a destination for those who want to find pieces of other worlds, in order to sell them at imaginary prices worth one million euros.
Four years ago, residents of a village in the south-east of Morocco, called "Ticent", saw a flare of fire flaring through the area at great speed and hitting the ground kilometers from their quiet village
One night in July 2011, villagers learned months later that what they saw was a rare space meteor.
Scientists and hobbyists rushed to Tesent to find a sample of this new stone, which the sky gave rise to in southern Morocco. Global networks of smuggling and trade of meteorites and precious stones also competed for a fraction of the precious stone, although Morocco tracked down the violators.
Six months after the fall, the New York Times reported that the so-called "meteorite meteorite", a space stone from Mars, was bought by the Natural History Museum in London for a "fictional" budget, Annual allocation of such stones.
The meteorite was called Ticent, a small village that fell on its outskirts 70 km north of the Moroccan city of Tata. It was one of the most important space stones that fell into the face of the planet during the past 100 years, according to specialized scientific reports.
"The meteorite trade in the south is an active market where the real estate is mixed with the visitor, run by traders and intermediaries who buy these stones from the simple population and from nomads in the desert at low prices and then sell them at prices," said Ibrahim al-Wadnouni, a young man from the southern city of Guelmim. Imaginary
In the southern city of Agadir, Jalal al-Rukaibi, from Samara in the desert, was carrying a bag of rocks of various sizes
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He said that they are important space stones, and they are expected to be examined in the laboratory to ascertain their type, and their scientific and commercial value.
"The search for the meteorite in the desert is a risky experience and requires great patience to reach a sample of space rocks," he said.
He adds that they go out with the nomads to the desert to look for the meteor when they know that they fall in a certain place, and may take sometimes more than two months.
"When we find some small grains of rare black stone, this gives us indications of larger parts in nearby areas, sometimes weighing more than seven kilograms," said the adventurer.
The networks of trade in meteorites or "black camels" in Morocco are not organized networks and are divided into categories called "meteor hunters". They are the main source of these stones from the deserts and the areas where they fall, where they do long tours and trips in search of them or purchase them from the population and herders, They are often cheap.
While the value of the truth is between a thousand dollars per gram, depending on the type and value of science and age on the ground
One gram of Tesent meteorite is sold at a price greater than twenty times the same weight as gold.
"Many Moroccans who live in the desert, which keeps the stones, learn a lot about them not only in terms of their financial value, but also in terms of their scientific value, and they are considered to be scientists," said Emily Lakdawala, an American researcher.
There are meteorite brokers and act as "feline" intermediaries between big traders and ordinary citizens and often settle in the big cities adjacent to meteorite-falling areas, such as Tata, Guelmim, Rashidiya, Erfoud, Warzazat, And other desert cities.
These stones are required goods for research institutes, major museums, and collectors of precious stones from the wealthy in Europe and America.
The US space agency NASA is one of the world's leading scientific institutions for space science.
Dr. Abdelrahman Ebhi, a Moroccan researcher specializing in meteorology in his laboratory at the Faculty of Sciences at Ibn Zahr University in Agadir (southern Morocco), is studying some samples from meteorites that fall in southern Morocco.
Ebehi receives daily visitors from the nomads and black stone enthusiasts who come from different regions carrying what they found in the deserts of the space rocks for examination in the laboratory
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The laboratory, the second of its kind in Morocco, has contributed significantly to the publication of what he described as the "meteoric culture" of the inhabitants of the desert and nomads in the southern regions of Morocco where the meteorite falls out of space suddenly and without introductions.
He pointed out that Morocco leads the countries that market the meteorite to the world and works hard by law to protect the new heritage and punish the traffickers illegally.
He called for "the establishment of a national museum specialized in the conservation of meteor" because it is an important national heritage must be preserved in Morocco and be available for generations to come to know its characteristics and features
The Moroccan expert added that "the number of space rocks in the world is 50 meteorites, 21 of which were picked up in Morocco."
The meteorite, which falls in the Moroccan deserts, according to Abhi, is of great scientific importance because it falls in the desert and is not exposed to the effects of water pollution or the chemical reactions of the soil, which helps preserve its original components.
He cited the Moroccan expert Benizak coming from Mars, which fell four years ago in the area of Tata, and said it is of great scientific importance because it will reveal invaluable information about Mars. There are meteorites brokers and play the role of "feline" between large traders and ordinary citizens and settle often In major cities bordering areas known to fall meteorites, such as Tata, Guelmim, Rashidiya, Erfoud, Ouarzazate and other desert cities.
These stones are required goods for research institutes, major museums, and collectors of precious stones from the wealthy in Europe and America.
The US space agency NASA is one of the world's leading scientific institutions for space science.
Dr. Abdelrahman Ebhi, a Moroccan researcher specializing in meteorology in his laboratory at the Faculty of Sciences at Ibn Zahr University in Agadir (southern Morocco), is studying some samples from meteorites that fall in southern Morocco.
Ebehi receives daily visitors from the nomads and black stone enthusiasts who come from different regions carrying what they found in the deserts of the space rocks for examination in the laboratory
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| Moroccan meteorites cross the border to be sold in milliards |
The laboratory, the second of its kind in Morocco, has contributed significantly to the publication of what he described as the "meteoric culture" of the inhabitants of the desert and nomads in the southern regions of Morocco where the meteorite falls out of space suddenly and without introductions.
He pointed out that Morocco leads the countries that market the meteorite to the world and works hard by law to protect the new heritage and punish the traffickers illegally.
He called for "the establishment of a national museum specialized in the conservation of meteor" because it is an important national heritage must be preserved in Morocco and be available for generations to come to know its characteristics and characteristics.
The Moroccan expert added that "the number of space rocks in the world is 50 meteorites, 21 of which were picked up in Morocco."
The meteorite, which falls in the Moroccan deserts, according to Abhi, is of great scientific importance because it falls in the desert and is not exposed to the effects of water pollution or the chemical reactions of the soil, which helps preserve its original components.
He cited Moroccan expert Benizak coming from Mars, fell four years ago in the area of Tata, and said it is of great scientific importance because it will reveal invaluable information about Mars
MOHAMED NAJIB SAAAD
A Moroccan blogger from the outskirts of Ouarzazate, a lover of photography and everything related to informatics...
