the iron meteorite Tamentit
Stato: Niger Anno: 2002 Notizie: The second stamp depicts the iron meteorite Tamentit. This meteorite was first reported in the West in 1865. It was found in Tamentit Oasis in the district of Touat in Algeria. It may have fallen near the end of the fourteenth century. The local Arabs venerated the meteorite and considered it their talisman. The main 510 kg mass now resides in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France. |
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