[meteorite-list] Large Meteorite Found In Sweden

From: Pekka Savolainen <pekka.savolainen_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:19 2004
Message-ID: <3F7B50F1.6020806_at_dlc.fi>

Hello, Bjorn and the list,

the swedish NHM calculates all 4 Muonionalusta founds + now this as
different ones, numbered I, II, III and IV (V?). Brunflo and Österplana
are fossile-meteorites, and they are listed in another category by NHM,
so the total by them is as follows;


  1. Hessle 1869
  2. Ställdalen 1876
  3. Lundsgård 1889
  4. Hedeskoga 1922
  5. Lillaverke 1930
  6. Ekeby 1939
  7. Hallingeberg 1944
  8. Långhalsen 1947
  9. Hökmark 1954
10. Näs (1907)
11. Ultuna (1944)

12-15. Muonionalusta I-IV first found (1906)
16. Föllinge (1932)


Fossilisied ones;

17. Brunflo
18. Österplana (several)

So if we use this listing, we have 16 + 2. Cataloque of Meteorites
lists all Muonionalustas as one find, so with this listing we have 13
+ 2, so in fact both are correct. If Ultuna + Hessle will be counted
as paired, we have that 9 during the last 100 years, if not, we have
10. If we count also the fossilised ones, we have 11 or 12 in case
we count Muonionalusta as one find. Just at least to ways to list
the falls and finds in Sweden.

The first link (Kuriren) was to the small newspaper from north, and
there is a mistake, no doubt.

You have right with Bjurbole, it´s more than possible, that several
tens of kg:s was taken by the local people during the recovery, so
the real total may be well over 350 kg:s. By the way, this one is the
only real "trough ice -case" as far as I know. Have tried to find also
others, but no luck this far.

The counting of the falls and finds may be difficult some times. In
Finland we count Marjalahti as a finnish fall, cataloque lists it as a
russian one. The fact is, the Marjalahti village was lost to USSR during
the WW II, so to me it looks clear, Marjalahti (1902) is a genuine
finnish one. That´s why the cataloque lists the total falls and finds in
Finland as 12, but the finnish NHM (and me too...;-) as 13.

It´s also more than possible, also Muonionalusta pieces can be found
in Finland. The nearest found is located some 3 km:s from the border
between Sweden and Finland. The direction of the ice during the last
Ice Age was from north-west to south-east and from north to south
on the area Muonionalustas has been found. Just wondering, if these
pieces one day will be found in Finland, how they will be listed...;-


take care,

pekka s




Bjørn Sørheim wrote:

>Hello Pekka & List,
>16??, Which one is the 16th, has there been one in the last years -
>after Osterplana(1987) that is?
>The last version of the Catalogue of Meteorites (2000) says there
>are 15 meteorites found in total in Sweden (finds or falls), so does
>the CD version (when choosing 'Valid' finds). When not choosing
>'Valid' you get 19 items, the additional 4 are hoaxes, pseudometeorites etc.
>
>When you first posted about this new 158 kg find you cited the URL:
>http://www.kuriren.nu/default.asp?TargetForm=/utmatningssidan.asp&ArticleID=
>354789&CategoryID=2764&ArticleStateID=2&ClientID=0
>In this swedish newspaper article you find this statement (swedish again):
>'Det tilhor ovanligheterna med meteoritfynd i Sverige. Sedan 1800-talets
>borjan har bara nio stycken hittas'.
>In English this translates to:
>'Findings of meteorites belongs to the unusual in Sweden. Since the start
>of the 1800s only nine meteorites have been found'.
>This is for sure flatly wrong! The correct number is 15, or 16 if you have
>a new one not in the records of the Catalogue.
>
>How this South African(?) news site:
>http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1423490,00.html
>managed to turn this into the following:
>'It took two days to unearth the 158kg meteorite, one of only nine found in
>the Scandinavian country of 9 million in the last 100 years',
>I do not know - but it is also wrong, since 1903 there have been recorded
>12 new finds/falls in Sweden. Or 11 if 'Ultuna' is paired with Hessle,
>or possible 13 if you know a new one not recorded and no pairings...
>
>A complete list with years follow:
>1. Hessle 1869
>2. Ställdalen 1876
>3. Lundsgård 1889
>4. Hedeskoga 1922
>5. Lillaverke 1930
>6. Ekeby 1939
>7. Hallingeberg 1944
>8. Långhalsen 1947
>9. Hökmark 1954
>10. Näs (1907)
>11. Ultuna (1944)
>Irons
>12. Muonionalusta (1906)
>13. Föllinge (1932)
>Fossile stony meteorites
>14. Brunflo (1980 - recognized)
>15. Österplana (1987)
>
>Those in parantheses are finds.
>
>Still on the subject of nitpicking, concerning the TKW of
>'Bjurbøle', it was known that the workers from Borgå/Porvoo
>did put a lot of fragments of this crumbling meteorite found
>below the sea-ice in their pockets while recovering it...!
>This according to the oldest articles about the find.
>So the total TRUE weight is probably more like 350-400 kg, than
>what is officially recorded as TKW.
>
>Regards,
>Bjørn Sørheim,
>in Norway
>
>
>At 22:47 01.10.03 +0300, you wrote:
>
>>Bjørn Sørheim wrote:
>>
>>>At 08:25 30.09.03 -0700, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1423490,00.html
>>>>It took two days to unearth the 158kg meteorite, one of only nine found in
>>>>the Scandinavian country of 9 million in the last 100 years.
>>>>
>>>This is not correct. The correct figures are:
>>>There are 15 different falls represented in Sweden. 9 (nine) of them
>>>are observed falls, which give 6 finds.
>>>'Muonionalusta' in Norbotten is a find, probably fell during the Ice Ages,
>>>about 800 000 years old on this planet.
>>>
>>>Btw, it is also the biggest when compared to Norway, where the largest
>>>is the 78 kg 'Finmarken' (or rather 'Alta') pallasite.
>>>I don't have an overview of Denmark, in Finland 'Bjurbøle' is bigger, about
>>>350 kg, I know.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Bjørn Sørheim
>>>
>>In fact there are 16 from Sweden before this, 4 of them are pieces of
>>Muonionalusta,
>>+ this big one is the 5:th + 2 fossile meteorites listed. 9 are falls,
>>as you say. Anyway,
>>in last 100 years just 9 has been found, others are older ones.
>>
>>http://www.nrm.se/mi/swemet.html.en
>>
>>The total weight recovered of Bjurbole was aprox 328 kg:s, the biggest
>>fragment 80.2 kg:s.
>>
>>http://www.netppl.fi/~jarmom/geo/met/mbjurb_e.htm
>>
>>take care,
>>
>>pekka s
>>
>
>

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