[meteorite-list] Baygorria v. Campo del Cielo

From: Alexander Seidel <gsac_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Feb 7 18:42:26 2005
Message-ID: <11421.1107819741_at_www9.gmx.net>

> Could someone who has a better understanding of this
> subject explain how the Baygorria Uruguay meteorite is
> related to the "new Campos" of Chaco Argentina?

>From the mere facts of the coordinates alone, and the descriptions, there
may well be, but must not necessarily be an implication of a relationship
between those two.

The "Baygorria" meteorite:

"A single mass of about 80kg was found in a grass field near Baygorria dam;
classification and analysis by B.Spettel, Max-Planck-Institute f?r Chemie,
Mainz, Germany; similar in composition to Campo del Cielo, J.N.Grossman,
Met. Bull. 80, MAPS, 1996, 31, p.A175."

(source: MetBase V6.0)

An Iron IAB, coarse octahedrite, main mass in private possession in
Montevideo, found July 8, 1994.

>From the known coordinates alone the two finds are situated a bit more than
a distance of 400 mi NS and some 150 or so mi WE apart from each other,
which, imho, does not mean too much in this situation. I doubt that one
could make any clear implication from this alone, but anyway it is an
observation.

Alex
Berlin, Germany


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> ______________________________________________
>
> Hello All,
>
> In the above RFSPOD there are images of "Campos".
> Yet in the background there is a poster that suggests
> the meteorites depicted are Baygorria (MB#80, 1996).
>
> The last I checked, Baygorria Uruguay is nowhere near
> the Chaco Province or Santiago del Estero, Argentina.
> Also, I did a search of the M-List Archives and I
> couldn't find any reference to "Baygorria vs Campo".
> But, I did find quite a lot of discussion about "old
> versus new Campos", yet the name "Baygorria" was never
> mentioned.
>
> Could someone who has a better understanding of this
> subject explain how the Baygorria Uruguay meteorite is
> related to the "new Campos" of Chaco Argentina?
>
> Mucho apprecitivo, ;-) --Bob V.
>
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