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Santa Clara 28 g ataxite from Durango, Mexico.
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July 6, 2009 01:47 PM
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July 6, 2009 01:48 PM
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New stuff...WilunaPosted By Paul Gustafson |
Peekskill 10 g.
July 6, 2009 01:50 PM
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New stuff...WilunaPosted By Paul Gustafson |
Dar Al Gani 489 1 g Martian shergottite
July 6, 2009 01:52 PM
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New stuff...WilunaPosted By Paul Gustafson |
Ensisheim 22 g. This is a full slice of one of the two of Bob Haag's specimens before he was elected as a guardian of the meteorite.
The story, as I recall it (going by my memory of a conversation, so please correct me where needed) is that Maximillian wanted to marry Anne of Brittany (12 years old) because two provinces came with her. King Louie of France wanted the same territory and forced Anne to marry him despite a symbolic marriage in which Maximillian sent a proxy to stand in for him. The result was the two went into battle. This meteorite fell one day's march in front of Max. They rode ahead to see it and his advisors called it a sign from God that he would be victorious in battle. He was, and since the meteorite was considered a sign from God it was mounted in a church choir loft. Many years later it was moved across the street to a gasthouse and had been guarded ever since.
The story, as I recall it (going by my memory of a conversation, so please correct me where needed) is that Maximillian wanted to marry Anne of Brittany (12 years old) because two provinces came with her. King Louie of France wanted the same territory and forced Anne to marry him despite a symbolic marriage in which Maximillian sent a proxy to stand in for him. The result was the two went into battle. This meteorite fell one day's march in front of Max. They rode ahead to see it and his advisors called it a sign from God that he would be victorious in battle. He was, and since the meteorite was considered a sign from God it was mounted in a church choir loft. Many years later it was moved across the street to a gasthouse and had been guarded ever since.
July 6, 2009 01:53 PM
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New stuff...WilunaPosted By Paul Gustafson |
Elbogen 126 g.
This medium octahedrite fell near the castle of the Burgrave (mayor/taxman) at Elbogen in Bohemia. The Burgrave died the day the meteorite fell, and that plus its horsehead shape (the Burgrave's family crest was a horsehead) caused the locals to think the meteorite represented him and they attributed mystical powers to it. The Bewitched Burgrave as it was called was mounted in the castle and it was said that if it was removed it would fly back to its resting place in the castle.
The invading French army, to help subjugate the locals, threw the Bewitched Burgrave into the deepest well on the castle grounds (22 klafters, ~ 130 feet, deep). it did not fly back and was forgotten for years. When the well dried up the meteorite was taken to a local forge to be melted. When it would not melt all of the old stories came back. This piece shows some distortion of the Widmanstatten pattern at the little point where the heat from the forge altered the pattern but was unable to affect the main mass. This was the meteorite Widmanstatten first noted the pattern that eventually bore his name.
This observed fall is listed as 1400 ad, almost 100 years earlier than Ensisheim. That, plus the interesting story attached to it, makes it more mystifying to me that there isn't more information or references to Elbogen out there.
This medium octahedrite fell near the castle of the Burgrave (mayor/taxman) at Elbogen in Bohemia. The Burgrave died the day the meteorite fell, and that plus its horsehead shape (the Burgrave's family crest was a horsehead) caused the locals to think the meteorite represented him and they attributed mystical powers to it. The Bewitched Burgrave as it was called was mounted in the castle and it was said that if it was removed it would fly back to its resting place in the castle.
The invading French army, to help subjugate the locals, threw the Bewitched Burgrave into the deepest well on the castle grounds (22 klafters, ~ 130 feet, deep). it did not fly back and was forgotten for years. When the well dried up the meteorite was taken to a local forge to be melted. When it would not melt all of the old stories came back. This piece shows some distortion of the Widmanstatten pattern at the little point where the heat from the forge altered the pattern but was unable to affect the main mass. This was the meteorite Widmanstatten first noted the pattern that eventually bore his name.
This observed fall is listed as 1400 ad, almost 100 years earlier than Ensisheim. That, plus the interesting story attached to it, makes it more mystifying to me that there isn't more information or references to Elbogen out there.
July 6, 2009 01:57 PM
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New stuff...WilunaPosted By Paul Gustafson |
Dar Al Gani 262, 83 mg Lunar anorthositic breccia.
July 27, 2009 03:39 PM
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New stuff...WilunaPosted By Paul Gustafson |
Brenham 110 g. Candy bar shape, too thick to back-illuminate effectively.
August 15, 2009 04:29 PM
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New stuff...WilunaPosted By Paul Gustafson |
Tenham, 812 g, 100% fusion crust, in the shape of a dog skull. (This left Australia prior to the export restriction)
September 7, 2009 10:57 PM
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Tektites, anyone?Posted By Paul Gustafson |
Not a tektite, but interesting because of the dramatic difference between the homogeneous nature of the tektites and the noticeably nonhomogeneous (can't think of the correct word) terrestrial impactities of various types.
This is from a lightning strike in the Libyan desert in Egypt, 27 grams.
This is from a lightning strike in the Libyan desert in Egypt, 27 grams.
September 7, 2009 10:59 PM
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Tektites, anyone?Posted By Paul Gustafson |
This melt is from an atomic blast in Alamagordo. 10 g.
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