[meteorite-list] Juvinas?

From: rochette <rochette_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:07:03 2004
Message-ID: <v04003a01b9d974f7fe33_at_[193.49.98.39]>

Hello List, Juvinas seems to be a meteorite that is hard to find info on. ??

Strange! There are several tens of scientific publications on this typical
eucrite since 1821 (see Catalogue of Meteorites). Ask Bernt for a listing...
Over the 91 kg collected, there is still an impressive pumpkin sized piece
in Paris Museum (I saw it), with amazing freshness: highly glossy fusion
crust and sparkling disseminated metal flakes, no traces of oxidation... A
lot of museums have pieces of several 100g.
The place of fall is SE Massif Central, in the Ardèche region. Juvinas is a
very small mountain village, country of chestnuts, goat cheese and trouts,
granitic basement toped by volcanoes among the most recent in France (40-80
ka). Great place to visit!


Pierre
Received on Mon 21 Oct 2002 05:27:07 AM PDT