AW: [meteorite-list] Mazapil meteorite
From: Jörn Koblitz <koblitz_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Sep 15 07:18:44 2004 Message-ID: <E5E6112EA31FA24CB448E091C6883C0517A4D2_at_server2000.microfab.de> Dear Svend, MetBase records the following repositories and weights of Mazapil specimens: 3545g: Vienna, Naturhist. Mus. [main mass] 127g: Mexico City, Inst. Geol. [incl. 112g of 'Chichimeguilas'] 95.4g: Lvov, Min. Mus. Univ. 83g: New York, Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 19.0g: Chicago, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 17.3g: Berlin, Mus. Naturk., Humboldt Univ. 14g: London, Nat. Hist. Mus. According to this, nothing in private hand. Best regards, J?rn _______________________________________________________________________________ Joern Koblitz MetBase Editor The MetBase Library of Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences Benquestrasse 27 D-28209 Bremen, Germany phone: +49 421 24 100 24 fax: +49 421 168 2799 email: info_at_metbase.de _______________________________________________________________________________ > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Dr. Svend Buhl [mailto:SvendBuhl_at_web.de] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 15. September 2004 13:12 > An: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > Betreff: [meteorite-list] Mazapil meteorite > > > 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 > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Received on Wed 15 Sep 2004 07:19:12 AM PDT |
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