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Re: underwater meteorites
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- Subject: Re: underwater meteorites
- From: "Wilton Carvalho" <wilton@e-net.com.br>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 19:16:53 -0300
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Darryl Pitt wrote:
>
>meteorites have indeed been recovered from the water following impact.
>among the more renowned examples is the aubrite pena blanca springs which
>splashed into a little pond in front of some ranch hands. (and as pena
>blanca is water soluble it's most fortuitous that it was recovered moments
>following impact).
The most famous Brazilian achodrite meteorite, Angra dos Reis, was recovered
from the sea, one a day after the fall which ocurred on January, 1869.
Wilton
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