[meteorite-list] Meteorites that fell into the water

From: John Gwilliam <jkg_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:04:45 2004
Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20020504085649.009fe450_at_mail.theriver.com>

A large piece of the Marjalahti pallasite was witnessed to fall into a
lake. Vladimir Stepakov, Ivan Koutyrev's partner, nearly drown while
searching for this one.

Also, weren't several pieces of the Estherville mesosiderite seen to fall
into a lake near a couple of boys?

Regards,

John Gwilliam

At 12:58 PM 5/4/02 +0200, Bernd Pauli HD wrote:
>Hello Serguei and List,
>
>The most famous meteorite that fell into a pond or a stock tank is, of
>course, Pena Blanca Spring. See detailed description in Joel Schiff's
>METEORITE magazine: Meteorite! (May 2000, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 36-38).
>
>Some of the Siena stones have also been reported to have fallen into
>a pond: "Two astonished English ladies saw stones fall into a pond
>and splash out water that appeared to boil." The government had the
>pond drained and actually recovered some Siena stones [MARVIN
>U.B. (1996) E.F. Chladni (1756-1827) and the origins of modern
>meteorite research (Meteoritics 31-5, 1996, 558-561)].
>
>Several Chinga specimens were found in the Chinga River basin. And
>there is the Djati-Pengilon H6 chondrite which fell into the Alastoeva
>river.
>
>Another celebrity is the Grosnaja CV3 chondrite. A shower of stones
>fell, after detonations, but only 1 of about 3.5 kg was recovered as
>the rest fell into the river Terek.
>
>Monte Milone, L5, brecciated: After detonations, many stones fell
>(some in the river Potenza) 8 miles from Macerata, Italy.
>
>Seymchan, a IIE iron of 272.3 kg was found in the bed of a stream
>flowing into the river Hekandue, a tributary of the Jasachnaja.
>
>Shirahagi, IVA, mass of 22.7 kg was found in the bed of the Kamiichi-
>kawa river. Saotome, which is structurally similar, was found in the
>same river 2 years later.
>
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Bernd
>
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Received on Sat 04 May 2002 12:05:53 PM PDT