[meteorite-list] Poland Archaeology - Caveman Worshipped Meteorite

From: Pict <pict_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 10:42:25 -0500
Message-ID: <CFD98D2D.2B61F%pict_at_pict.co.uk>

This link below states the object is pyrite. Given that it was found in
association with flint tools my first inclination was to think it was a
striker for fire starting, and a terrestrial pyrite nodule. The article
states the meteorite conclusion was confirmed by ?specialized studies?.
However the quote below seems to suggest the Prof is in need of
specialised treatment for an overactive imagination.

"According to the professor, the discovered fragment is surprisingly
heavy. "In addition, the side profile shape suggests various associations;
the original finder millennia ago probably saw in it shapes of a
mysterious world of spirits" - added the scientist."

Is meteoritic massive pyrite FeS2 known? I thought iron sulphides usually
turned up as FeS troillite?

http://www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl/en/news/news,400865,archaeologists-discovere
d-a-meteorite-fragment-in-a-9-thousand-years-old-hut.html

Regards,
John



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