[meteorite-list] Dalgaranga Mesosiderite

From: FRANK B CRESSY <fcressy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:00:07 2004
Message-ID: <000b01c22e84$21b13ea0$6a89ab40_at_g10fb>

Hello Bernd, Rob, and all,

I believe the 207 fragments collected in 1960 were those collected by Huss
and Nininger. There's a bit more information on Nininger's trip on page 215
of "Find a Falling Star".
Regards,
Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli_at_lehrer.uni-karlsruhe.de>
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Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 10:32 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Dalgaranga Mesosiderite


> Rob wrote:
>
> > Australian mesosiderite individual named Dalgaranga, and was
> > reliably informed by the curator that "this is the only metallic
> > specimen of Dalgaranga in existence", with all the remaining 10 kg
> > being shale and completely oxidised mesosiderite. If that's the case,
> > I'm well pleased to be the present owner, but does anyone know if
> > that's so, or of any other metallic Dalgaranga specimens out there?
>
> Hello Rob and List,
>
> It's fairly consistent with what the Catalogue says. One specimen of
> 40 g was preserved in the Simpson collection. During a search in 1960,
> not in but around the crater, 207 fragments were recovered, total
> weight 1.1 kg. The largest weighed 57g and about half of the 1.1 kg
> were oxidised irons and half mesosiderite. Within the crater 280
> fragments, totalling about 20 lb were collected, all of which proved
> to be highly oxidised mesosiderites.
>
> So your specimen may be the one wrighing 40
> grams or the other one weighing 57 grams.
>
> > I've linked through to some pictures below
> > that I thought you might like to see.
>
> Congratulations! Beautiful, rare specimen!
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bernd
>
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