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| ID: 700090262 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700090262 | Record Type: Movable Work |
| El Ali Meteorite (meteorite; N/A; found date: in 2020 it was ide...; China (Asia, World, Top of the TGN hierarchy)) | |
| Note: Iron meteorite (IAB complex) that was known to the local population in Somalia for generations, a subject of the history, identity, and lifestyle of the Gaaljecel Clan in the Shabelle River Valley in Hiiraan; officially recognized as a meteorite in 2020. | |
| Titles: |
| El Ali Meteorite (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U) |
| Shiid-Birood (C,U,local language,U,U) |
| Ceel Cali Meteorite (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
| Catalog Level: item |
| meteorite [300266159] (preferred) |
| ..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, extraterrestrial bodies) |
| minerals / rocks (preferred) |
| Creation Date: found date: in 2020 it was identified as a meteorite; was known by local population for generations, but date of fall is not known |
| N/A [preferred] |
| unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274] |
| Locations: |
| Current: Zhongguo [1000111] Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic) |
| Address Note: current location is uncertain |
| Other: Discovery: Term Not Found (TGN Candidate) (Geographic) |
| Address Note: +4.288056, +44.898333; |
| Display Materials: iron and nickel |
| iron (metal) [300011002] | |
| .......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>) |
| nickel (metal) [300011028] | |
| .......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <nickel and nickel alloy>) |
| Dimensions: 13.6 metric tons |
| natural objects (preferred,isness) |
| List/Hierarchical Position: |
 ..... Movable Works |
| .......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures |
| Sources and Contributors: | |
| El Ali Meteorite | ........ [VP] |
| ........ Vergano, Mystery of a Somalian Meteorite (2025) | |
| ........ Egeh, El Ali Meteorite (2025) | |
| ........ Herd, Mineralogy of the El Ali (2023) | |
| ........ Meteoritical Bulletin Database online (2000-) https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=74444 | |
| ........ National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-) | |
| ........ Personal Communication J. Alder, 1 Jan 2020 | |
| Shiid-Birood | ........ [VP] |
| ........ Vergano, Mystery of a Somalian Meteorite (2025) | |
| Ceel Cali Meteorite | ........ [VP] |
| ........ Vergano, Mystery of a Somalian Meteorite (2025) | |
| Subject: ....... [VP] |
| ....................... National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-) accessed 5 January 2026 |
| ....................... Meteoritical Bulletin Database online (2000-) https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=74444 |
| ....................... Vergano, Mystery of a Somalian Meteorite (2025) |
| ....................... Herd, Mineralogy of the El Ali (2023) |
| ....................... Egeh, El Ali Meteorite (2025) |
| Note: | |
| English | ..... [VP] |
| ..... Vergano, Mystery of a Somalian Meteorite (2025) | |
| ..... National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-) | |
| ..... Meteoritical Bulletin Database online (2000-) | |
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