{"id":58882,"date":"2021-08-25T09:50:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T07:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/geographic-areas\/"},"modified":"2022-09-27T17:07:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T15:07:09","slug":"geographic-areas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/geographic-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Geographic areas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Areas of<\/h2><\/div>
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Western Sahara: the Chwichiya region<\/h3><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1630051346927{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”]In hot deserts, there are areas with a higher concentration of meteorites<\/p>\n

The grounds in these areas are certainly very old, but have also been preserved from moisture. A weak vegetation of these grounds also favors the discovery of meteorites.[\/vc_column_text]

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The "dense collection areas" D.C.A<\/h3><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1630051427939{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”]Recently, some places in the world have been divided into zones called DCA, which are places where meteorites accumulate. For example, in the “Al Haggounia” area, the meteorites found and classified in this area will be called successively according to the chronology of discovery, Al Haggounia 001, 002, 003…<\/p>\n

This division has been made <\/span>(sometimes artificially) <\/span>by the Meteoritical Society which is in charge of validating and referencing the classified meteorites.
\nAll the meteorites listed are classified in an official way with a corresponding gps point.<\/span><\/p>\n

The nomenclature of meteorites is becoming more consistent. ndeed, before, meteorites of type NWA, meteorites of the Sahara whose exact place of origin was not known, were classified in NWA whereas the GPS point was known.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-xs-12″ css=”.vc_custom_1476012903703{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”58432″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image” css_animation=”none”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”]