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Also: > The El Ali meteorite was discovered by prospectors from a Somalia-based mining company between 2019 and 2020. > Locals in Somalia reportedly have know
by MauranKilom 4y ago
Also:
> The El Ali meteorite was discovered by prospectors from a Somalia-based mining company between 2019 and 2020.
> Locals in Somalia reportedly have known about the meteorite for at least five to seven generations, making it decades or hundreds of years old
- doodlebugging 4y agoLooks like the prospectors might be a bunch of crumb-snatchers (people who take undeserved credit for events, outcomes or other things that they played no role in). Also, I believe I read somewhere else that the meteorite in that photo is not in that village any more. Apparently a Chinese company working in the area hauled it off. Maybe I'm thinking of a different meteorite. [0] https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/24/world/new-minerals-discovered-in-el-ali-meteorite-scn/ https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/24/world/new-minerals-discov...