[meteorite-list] First fragment of Chelyabinsk meteorite raised from bottom of Lake Chebarkul

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 08:52:08 -0700
Message-ID: <3ACABD74-6EAE-451B-B57F-36A5447D6C87_at_meteoriteguy.com>

Chely is very solid, while there will be some damage, I think it will be not nearly as bad as you might think.

Michael Farmer

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On Sep 24, 2013, at 7:51 AM, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:

> The thick mud at the bottom of Lake Chebarkul is surely very oxygen-poor.
>
> But, the stone will have been completely saturated now, like a sponge.
>
> So the minute they remove it from the mud, the oxidation will begin
> rapidly, unless they undertake measures to stabilize it.
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
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> On 9/24/13, Mark Ford <mark.ford at southernscientific.co.uk> wrote:
>> Yeah Looks like a tiny little fragment?? And way too fresh...
>>
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>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First fragment of Chelyabinsk meteorite raised
>> from bottom of Lake Chebarkul
>>
>> Shouldn't that fragment be much more rusted if it came from the bottom of
>> the lake?
>>
>> I've seen ugly fragments on eBay that looked much worse, and they weren't
>> sitting at the bottom of a lake for 6 months.
>>
>> ???
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>> On 9/24/13, karmaka <karmaka-meteorites at t-online.de> wrote:
>>> The first specimen was raised from the bottom of Lake Chebarkul this
>>> morning:
>>>
>>> http://kp.ua/daily/240913/415052/
>>>
>>> http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fkp.ua%2Fdaily%2F240913%2F415052%2F&sandbox=1
>>>
>>> More to come...
>>>
>>> Martin
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