[meteorite-list] Italian iron?

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Aug 3 16:50:43 2005
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000002100003B5F_at_paulinet.de>

Jan wrote:

> A friend of mine came up to me today with
> the story he bought a 450 grams Italian iron

I wonder whether it's a piece of the Barbianello, unusually Ni-rich, ungrouped
ataxitic IAB-IIICD iron - *very* unlikely though but who knows. Unlikely because
there are only 860 grams and the main mass weighs 479 grams.

Any comments? ... Matteo?

Best wishes,

Bernd
Received on Wed 03 Aug 2005 04:50:40 PM PDT