[meteorite-list] 100 year old meteorite story from Sweden

From: chris aubeck <caubeck_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Sep 7 05:21:18 2005
Message-ID: <3a5693b305090702211774bf91_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Sterling,

Thanks for this information, I find it interesting and useful for my
own studies. However, I do not expect it to be the "fossil" story
original mentioned by G?ram. Not because I know much about sedimentary
meteorite falls, but because I know a thing or two about alleged
fossil-bearing spacerocks from the 19th century press. It would
surprise me if Swedish newspapers didn't publish a report about a
meteorite that remained hot for an impossibly long time and contained
organic fossils, simply because that was the fashion at the time.

Best wishes,

Chris



On 9/7/05, Sterling K. Webb <kelly_at_bhil.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You're probably referring to:
>
> BLECKENSTAD,
> Ostergotland, Sweden, April 11, 1925
>
> "A meteor was observed, leaving a trail
> of smoke. Stones are said to have
> fallen, and fragments of a white, porous
> limestone were picked up, differing from
> the local rocks. The possibly meteoritic
> nature of this material has been the subject
> of considerable discussion, N. Zenzen
> (1942, 1943); A. Hadding (1943); F.C. Cross
> (1947). Pseudometeorite, F.E. Wickman
> & A. Uddenberg-Anderson (1982)."
Received on Wed 07 Sep 2005 05:21:17 AM PDT