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Re: Eichstädt
FERNLEA4@aol.com wrote:
> I'm trying to find some more information on a 1785 witnessed German fall
> named Eichstädt (Eichstaedt). The blue book states that 2 specimens have
> since been destroyed and the remaining listed fragments appear to be just a
> small percentage of the original 3Kg mass.
> Does anyone know the story of the lost specimens and how much actually
> remains of this fall?
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Rob Elliott.
Hi Rob,
the MetBase database [(c) Joern Koblitz] states:
"A stone of about 3kg was seen to fall after detonations in the district
of Wittmess, 5 miles from Eichstädt, J.Pickel, von Moll's Ann. Berg- u.
Hüttenk, Salzburg, 1805, 3, p.251, M.H.Hey, Cat. Met., 1966, p.147.
Described and analyzed, C.W.Gümbel, Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. München,
Math.-phys. Kl., 1878, 8, p.25. Olivine Fa20, B.Mason, GCA, 1963, 27,
p.1011. The specimens previously in Munich and Budapest have been
destroyed, A.L.Graham et al., Cat. Met., 1985, p.131. Mobile trace
element data, D.W.Lingner et al., GCA, 1987, 51, p.727. TL data, M.Haq
et al., GCA, 1988, 52, p.1679."
I don´t have more specific info on that one.
Alex
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