[meteorite-list] Meteorites from the bottom of the ocean - Part 2 of 2

From: Larry Lebofsky <lebofsky_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Sep 7 00:11:46 2006
Message-ID: <1157602234.44ff9bba8eafe_at_hindmost.LPL.Arizona.EDU>

Hi Frank:

There was a nice article about Angra dos Reis in the May issue of Meteorite
magazine!

Larry


Quoting Frank Cressy <fcressy_at_prodigy.net>:

>
> Hello Bernd and all,
>
> For those interested in meteorites found from the
> bottom of the sea, there is, of course, Angra dos Reis
> ;-)
>
> A portion of the text from "Brazilian Stone
> Meteorites" states: "The meteorite fell into the bay
> of Angra dos Reis at a water depth of 2 m, immediately
> in front of the church of Bom Fim in the town of Angra
> dos Reis. Some smoke was noticed in the sky and the
> body apparently traveled from north to south. The
> material, recovered by a local diver a day after the
> fall, consisted of two small pieces; from an unmatched
> fresh surface it was assumed that a third piece was
> missing."
>
> And, although not found at the bottom of the sea, but
> a large lake, there is Okechobee, Florida, an L4 found
> in 1916. From the COM, "Fragments weighing about 1kg
> were brought up in a net some 0.75 miles from shore,
> G.P. Merril (1916)."
>
> Cheers,
> Frank
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