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The MPOD Caretakers want to present meteorite falls on their fall dates. For example, Sikhote Aline on 12 February. This Project will not dip into the MPOD archives so the Caretakers will appreciate anything you can contribute. To reserve a date just let us know. Thank you in advance :)
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See contributor comments. CV3 TKW 2 tons. Observed fall 8 February 1969, at the village of Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico. Simon writes:Famously fell during the early part of the Apollo programme and swiftly and significantly increased the world’s stock of carbonaceous material. I take great delight in telling people that the white CAIs may well be the oldest things that they will ever touch or see (with the naked eye and in visible wavelengths, at least), but I’d noticed the small gold-coloured inclusions so asked my brother (a far better photographer than I am) to use a macro setup and try to get some photos that better showed this feature. We’re guessing it’s iron pyrite (FeS2), but I suspect many here are rather better qualified than us to judge.
Famously fell during the early part of the Apollo programme and swiftly and significantly increased the world’s stock of carbonaceous material. I take great delight in telling people that the white CAIs may well be the oldest things that they will ever touch or see (with the naked eye and in visible wavelengths, at least), but I’d noticed the small gold-coloured inclusions so asked my brother (a far better photographer than I am) to use a macro setup and try to get some photos that better showed this feature. We’re guessing it’s iron pyrite (FeS2), but I suspect many here are rather better qualified than us to judge.
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