[meteorite-list] Large Camel sweat Chelyabinsk

From: Paul Gessler <cetuspa_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 19:51:54 -0700
Message-ID: <6BD84773DBA1461C812758A916A4866F_at_paulPC>

I remember when the first stones of Chelyabinsk were being offered by M.
Farmer and he told us all back then
to get them while they were fresh because they would only get uglier when
the snow melted.
Case in point this big sucker looks like it was found in a melt mud puddle.
The second largest shown is dramatically less oxidized.
Reminds me of way back in the 1990's with the Hamada Du Draa / El Hammami
offerings they were supposedly
packed by camels out of the deserts and suffered incredibly brown staining
through and through. I know cuz I bought a big one
from Senior Casper
I wonder how the oxidation is on the inside of that big Chely if it were
sliced?

-Paul Gessler




-----Original Message-----
From: Anne Black
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 7:12 PM
To: baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov ; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Largest Piece So Far of Chelyabinsk
MeteoriteFound

Thank you for keeping us updated on all things spatial and meteoritic.

The only thing missing in this article is a picture of that Big
Chelyabinsk, but since the owner would like very much to sell it, I am
quite sure that he would not mind at all my publishing the picture he
sent to me, here it is:

http://www.impactika.com/ch-3400.jpg

And since we are talking about Big Chelyabinsk, here is a picture of
the second largest one:

http://www.impactika.com/chely3070a.jpg

At least they are the two largest until we find out what is in that
lake!


Anne M. Black
www.IMPACTIKA.com
IMPACTIKA at aol.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: Meteorite Mailing List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wed, Aug 21, 2013 7:38 pm
Subject: [meteorite-list] Largest Piece So Far of Chelyabinsk Meteorite
Found



http://en.ria.ru/russia/20130821/182894364/Largest-Piece-So-Far-of-Chelyabinsk-Meteorite-Found--Scientists.html

Largest Piece So Far of Chelyabinsk Meteorite Found - Scientists
RIA Novosti
August 21, 2013

YEKATERINBURG - Russian scientists have confirmed the authenticity of
a 3.4-kilogram (7.5-pound) fragment of the Chelyabinsk meteorite - the
largest piece found so far from the meteorite that hit the Urals region
in February.

An unnamed resident of the Chelyabinsk region in Russia's Urals found
the fragment near the village of Timiryazevsky and submitted it for
analysis
and authentication to Chelyabinsk State University.

"Yes, it is a meteorite. This is the largest [Chelyabinsk] fragment
analyzed
so far by scientists," Andrei Kocherov, an official from the
university,
told RIA Novosti.

The lucky owner was given an official certificate confirming the
authenticity
of the celestial fragment, Kocherov said.

The meteorite, more than 18 meters in size and weighing 10,000 metric
tons, exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk in the Urals on February
15.
The blast was an equivalent to 440 kilotons of TNT - 27 times more
powerful
than the nuclear bomb that destroyed Nagasaki in 1945. The meteorite
blast
left 1,200 injured, most by window glass shattered by the shockwave.

The meteorite broke into some seven large fragments, and one of them is
believed to have fallen into Chebarkul Lake, forming a hole in the ice
about eight meters in diameter. In late March, a radar probe of the
bottom
of the lake revealed a crater possibly created by a fragment of a
meteorite.

Chelyabinsk region authorities have allocated 3 million rubles (about
$10,000) for the recovery of the fragment, which is believed to have an
oval shape, a size of up to a meter and a weight of about 600 kilograms.
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