[meteorite-list] Great news from Polish meteorite area !

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2004_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Jan 30 17:17:43 2006
Message-ID: <20060130221740.93310.qmail_at_web26212.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

This another nice fresh Pultusk

http://it.geocities.com/milanomet/Pultuskgr.274.JPG

Matteo

--- Stefan Brandes <brandes_at_gmx.at> ha scritto:

> Very nice specimen.
>
> Do you have pictures of the 220g and 245g full
> specimen also?
> Or perhaps fotos of the four pieces where found? (in
> situ)
>
> Congrats to the 137th year on earth!
> I wish I?d look that good at that age ;)
>
> Stefan
>
>
> > Hello list
> > Im sure that most of our US friends are too busy
> to read list, but to rest
> > of us I have great news from Poland. This news
> ofcourse are not related to
> > saturday tragedy in Katowice where 67 people was
> killed on a pigeons fair.
> >
> > Anyway, I want inform everyone about two new finds
> of old polish
> > meteorites.
> >
> > Tooday is BirthDay of Pultusk Fall, 30 January
> 1868, 137 years ago !
> >
> > Find No.1 is PULTUSK
> > Specimens was found by polish meteorite hunter in
> june and september 2005.
> > He was very lucky to find 4 big specimens (105g,
> 220g, 245g and 301g) in
> > total of 870g. With help of local people he was
> able to find area where
> > was
> > a big possibility to locate meteorite specimens.
> He spend several weeks
> > search suspect locations. Finally his work was
> rewarded.
> >
> > I have purchased 3 of 4 his meteorites. Inside
> this specimens are brown,
> > but
> > prof Karwowski from Silesian University settle
> Weathering Grade only to
> > W1.
> > Meteorites have still fussion crust. They are the
> biggest Pultusk
> > specimens
> > that was found in ground. Also they are in
> excelent condition in
> > comparison
> > to other that was found in last 10-15 years. But
> other specimens was verry
> > small, 10-30grams so they are too small to
> survivte so many years. All
> > other
> > new finds are located in National Geological
> Institute in Warsaw, but its
> > only rust in bad condition.
> > http://www.polandmet.com/_pultusk.htm
> >
> >
> >
> > Find No.2 is SEELAGEN
> > In fact its Polish-German meteorite, becouse when
> it was found, Poland was
> > in Prussian occupation. Right now nearest town is
> Przelazy and for us this
> > meteorite have the same name.
> >
> > Anyway, every specimen that was found in this
> location by my friend is
> > melted and shocked by impact. Thompson structures
> are completly destroyed
> > or
> > heavy damaged. This is excelent visible on etched
> slices.
> > Right now I have slices from new Seelagen. It is
> 220g endpiece from 1kg
> > specimen. It looks a little different from my
> first one, becouse it is
> > less
> > damaged and there are visible Thompson structures,
> but they are verry
> > stretched and bended.
> > There are also 3 other specimens. Two of them are
> small complete
> > individuals
> > with etched windows, and one endpiece.
> > Every specimen was cleaned from rust. Iron now
> have platinium color. Im
> > sure
> > this will make them resistible for rust becouse
> water cant penetrate rust.
> > http://www.polandmet.com/_seelasgen2.htm
> >
>
>
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