[meteorite-list] Diamond bearing Goalpara meteorite

From: martinh_at_isu.edu <martinh_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Feb 10 21:28:40 2005
Message-ID: <1fe2341fef4d.1fef4d1fe234_at_isu.edu>

Mark kindly posted:

> Paper: The Times Recorder
> City: Zanesville, Ohio
> Date: Sunday, December 30, 1962
> Page: "A SECTION - PAGE 7", 40 total pages
>
> Diamonds Found In Meteorite

Which included the line:

"The other diamond-bearing meteorites are the Novo Urei, 4.5 pounds, which fell in Russia in 1886; the Goalpara, six pounds, which was found in the jewel collection of the Rajah of Goalpara in 1858..."


Wow! That's about the coolest thing I have ever heard. A diamond-bearing meteorite in the jewel collection of a Rajah! And 150 years ago to boot!

I had not seen this reference before, but I knew there was some missing information as to where Goalpara came from. To me, Goalpara is a good candidate for a witnessed fall, but almost everything lists it as a find. I had a wonderful 10g piece of Goalpara in Michael Blood's auction but it did not sell. Maybe that is good thing now that I know a little more.

ARN has an online reference that tells a similar story at:
http:/
/www.arn-meteorites.com/MET_G.HTM

And the Geological Survey of India catalog lists it as an 1868 fall with the date and time unknown.

If anyone knows more about this, I would love to know about it.

Gosh, another find in my collection became a fall. All I had to do is wait.

Cheers,

Martin H
Received on Thu 10 Feb 2005 09:28:37 PM PST