[meteorite-list] New Eucrite? - Eastern Slovakia

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:49:58 -0700
Message-ID: <4BB3C386.4090105_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the link. I had not read that one yet.

Regards,
Eric

On 3/31/2010 2:40 PM, Mike Bandli wrote:
> The article states:
>
> "The Czech Geological Survey preliminary examination of the H5 type chondrite..."
>
> http://www.origo.hu/tudomany/vilagur/20100331-megvan-a-meteorit-a-magyarorszagrol-latott-tuzgomb-lehullott-darabjait-megtalaltak.html
>
> Mike Bandli
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Meteorites USA"<eric at meteoritesusa.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:27:55 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New Eucrite? - Eastern Slovakia
>
> Hi List, Marcin is correct,
>
> After looking at "the fine print" I see that I made a mistake about the
> photo. The photo used for the article was an "(illustrative photo)" only
> and not the actual stones from this fall. I still stand behind my ID
> that the ones in the original photo I was asking about are quite
> possibly eucrites.
> http://www.meteoritesusa.com/images/slovakia-meteorite.jpg
>
> Now the only mistake I made was to not read the small print. Oopsy... ;)
> Sorry guys.
>
> Regards,
> Eric
>
> On 3/31/2010 2:07 PM, Marcin Cimala - PolandMET wrote:
>
>> I think, this photo of eucrite is only an EXAMPLE send by Mr Spurny
>> and its not from this fall. For me its only ilustration for article,
>> and yes it looks like fresh eucrite. But meteorites found in
>> Slovakia/Hungary is H5 chondrite. It looks like OC than achondrite here
>> http://aktualne.centrum.sk/veda-a-technika/clanek.phtml?id=1205004
>>
>> Here is nice two video. Second one show how clearly that this is
>> chondrite
>>
>> http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fkorzar.sme.sk%2Fc%2F5310123%2Fastronomovia-nasli-pri-vysnom-klatove-zvysky-meteoritu.html&sl=auto&tl=en
>>
>>
>> Who is going to hunt ? Im around 200km from site :D
>>
>> -----[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-----[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]-----
>> http://www.Meteoryty.pl marcin(at)meteoryty.pl
>> http://www.PolandMET.com marcin(at)polandmet.com
>> http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM: +48 (793) 567667
>> --------[ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ]--------
>>
>>
>>
>>> Take a look at the photos in the article, does this appear to be an
>>> achondrite/eucrite maybe?
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>> On the eastern Slovakia fell meteorite, scientists found fragments of
>>> http://www.rozhlas.cz/zpravy/vesmir/_zprava/714433
>>> Eastern Slovakia fell to an hour before midnight on 28th February
>>> tens of kilograms of rock from space. These were fragments of a
>>> meteorite that burned up in atmosphere, lit up the sky in a radius of
>>> several hundred kilometers and frightening residents.
>>>
>>> Some fragments of the meteorite, astronomers have found, researched
>>> and today it is first shown to the public. How Radio?urn?l said Marek
>>> Husa??k of the Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of
>>> Sciences, the largest piece weighs over two kilograms.
>>> Audio
>>> Interview with Mark Husa??k from the Astronomical Institute of the
>>> Slovak Academy of Sciences in the afternoon Radio?urn?l
>>> DOWNLOAD (download)
>>>
>>> "It has a dark gray color is relatively heavy compared to other
>>> stones, which are normally found on Earth," described Husa??k rare find.
>>>
>>> Scientists have found fragments of municipalities of Klatovy Vy?n?
>>> west of Kosice. Whence meteorid arrived, trying to find Slovak
>>> astronomers, together with experts from the Ondrejov Observatory of
>>> the Academy of Sciences.
>>>
>>> "Identify heliocentric orbit is not easy, it is necessary to
>>> determine the position of being the largest pieces of which we have
>>> actually only one," said Husa??k.
>>>
>>> Impacts of meteorites on Earth are referred to him a frequent
>>> phenomenon, but it is not easy to record. "Specifically, the Slovak
>>> has been observed, there are five falls. Recent findings from the
>>> 1994 Rumanov? the village, "he said.
>>>
>>> Part of the material universe is now going to analyze the
>>> composition, more debris then end up in museum in the Slovak
>>> Republic, the Czech Republic and Hungary. It then comes under Husa??k
>>> important video that helped to identify the impact site.
>>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Eric Wichman
>>> Meteorites USA
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