TITLE:
The “Two Camels” of Koussa: A Massive Ferrous Meteorite in Mayo Binka (North-West Region in Cameroon)
AUTHORS:
Bernard Njom, Aurélien Temenou Tiolo, Jacques Bertrand Onana, Yanick Nyobe Bayi, Augustin Patrice Moussango Ibohn, Simon Pierre Mbog Bassong, Michel Guy Awana Ateba, Madi Boukar, Thierry Abou’ou Ango, Jean Claude Ngoute, Belle Koumedjalla, Georges Emmanuel Ekodeck
KEYWORDS:
Koussa, Mayo Binka, Bamenda, Cameroon, Neumann Figures, PDF’s, Hoba, Hexaedrites, BIF
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Geology,
Vol.5 No.9,
September
25,
2015
ABSTRACT: At Koussa in Mayo Binka, a
hundred kilometers northeasterly from the town of Bamenda, the Capital of the
North-West Region in Cameroon, an enormous block of native iron of several tons
in mass is found. The observation of the Southern view of this block let anyone
see a configuration which surprisingly recalls two camels in an attitude that
these animals generally adopt when they are at rest. This strong resemblance
with the attitude of these animals in rest has led the local populations in
identifying this enormous metallic block with the name of “the two camels’
couple” or simply stills “the two camels”. The test conducted with the acid let
the Neumann figures be revealed the Neumann figures which confirm this metallic
block as being a ferrous meteorite or a siderite of theHexaedritesclass.