In the world Most of the meteor show, at Enseisheim in France, I found that there were many sellers from Morocco. Unlike most Europeans and Americans – who display items and tags and books – Morocco booths were minimalist. Perhaps a white sheet is covered with masses of brownish -brown rocks. A pair of scale. Sometimes a piece of paper at the price of each kilo is written in the outburst. It was only in England that I learned about the rush of gold in the desert.
The number of meteors in Morocco has exploded since 1999. The number is officially recognized by more than a thousand – although this has been described by scientists as “underestimating gross”. For comparison, the UK is only 23 collapses and found.
A seller, Daryl Pete, wrote to me, “You have to talk to Hannah.” “He has tried and has succeeded to some extent – the chaos of the North African meteor trade has led to something more orderly.” This was not the first time his name appeared.
Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane, Professor of University Hassan II Casablanca, is used as an external person in the room. At the meetings of the Shahab Society Committee to name the Shahab Sang, the group, which was officially named after the well -known meteorite, was “unique representative of any Arab or Muslim country” when he joined. (He is a committee adviser.) When I raised the issue of Morocco’s export, he groomed. “Moroccan meteorite is insane,” he says. “This is immoral.”
Late in the last century, several factors have been combined to make Morocco a hot spot. First, climate and geography. A meteorite is likely to be different at the overall level, most likely landing in Scottish heights like the desert, but in the past it would be much harder to find – header, rocks – and “earth” much faster – much faster – Rain, snow.
Secondly, Morocco had a network of hunters and sellers of Western fossils, minerals and archeology, while many centers – especially nomadic groups – were very skilled in search of stones and antiquities in the desert. When I walked with my flock, I looked at the ground. “A tribal tribes from the Middle East explained to a journalist. According to him, the stone trade has saved many tribal families from poverty.
Third, Morocco’s legal and geopolitical status helped things. “We thank God, we are a peaceful country,” Chenavi says. “This is something unique in the area.” Here it is wandering that desert sands are looking for stone (relatively) safe. In addition, there were no specific regulations from the country’s meteorite. If you found a meteorite in Morocco, it would probably have been yours.
The American salesman Michael Gilmer is the beginning of the gold rash in the mid -1990s. Foreign agencies quickly realized that unconscious meteors could be purchased from Moroccan traders at very low prices, officially analyzed in the West and sold for significant profits.
The city of Erfud, in the southeastern region of Drâa-Tafilaalet of Morocco, known as the “Gate to the Desert”, became the hoping to earn money from the meteorite. A visitors find shops selling meteorite and fossils, some with small museums museums. Some tribes have been varied to search for rocks to pull tourists and collectors into the desert.
