[meteorite-list] Mazapil meteorite
From: Dr. Svend Buhl <SvendBuhl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Sep 15 07:11:48 2004 Message-ID: <1257016934_at_web.de> Dear Listees, I?m currently trying to track a piece of the Mazapil Iron. It?s a medium octaedrite that fell on 27th November 1885 at Zacatecas, Mexico. TKW was 4 kg. It was the same night that the Andromedid meteor shower underwent a spectacular outburst. The simultaneity of these two events has driven speculation ever since that the meteorite was a fragment from Periodic Comet Biela, the parent comet of the Andromedid shower. However, refering to Meteoritics & Planetary Science 37 (2002) the occurrence of the two events was purely coincidental. So far I know that ANMH has some material. Does anyone know if this is the main mass? And is there any material of Mazapil in private hands that I can purchase or trade. Any hints are appreciated. Thanks for your help Svend NigerMeteoriteRecon www.niger-meteorite-recon.de info_at_niger-meteorite-recon.de IMCA 6540 ________________________________________________________________ Verschicken Sie romantische, coole und witzige Bilder per SMS! Jetzt neu bei WEB.DE FreeMail: http://freemail.web.de/?mc=021193 Received on Wed 15 Sep 2004 07:11:42 AM PDT |
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