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Find/Fall Anniversary
  L5-6

TKW 300 kg. Observed fall Febuary 3, 1882, near Cluj, Romania.


 
Found at the arrow (green or red) on this map.

Jnmczurich writes:
Happy Birthday Mocs – 140 years on Earth

Slightly oriented complete individual with black dull crust on the front side and brownish dull crust on the rear side, 133.8 grams.

Polished flat end section with a lot crust and a prominent and wide shock vein, 23.3 grams.

Small slice, polished, 1.7 grams, also with prominent shock vein.

Covered thin section 25 x 15 mm. It was cut from the same piece as the 1.7 gram slice.
 


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Daniel DC
 2/3/2022 6:10:18 PM		 Quelle conservation incroyable apr*s 140 ans ! Merci Juergen pour ce partage incroyable.
Herbert
 2/3/2022 4:19:47 PM		 Wonderful stones! Thanks for sharing the images with us!
Juergen / jnmczurich
 2/3/2022 2:47:33 PM		 Hi John and Jon. The attached label "134" indicates the weight of the stone. 133.8g is the exact weight of the individual stone. I received this Mocs individual in exchange for other meteorites from an European university collection in 1995. No, it does not come from the Vienna collection.
Jon Taylor
 2/3/2022 2:12:48 PM		 Beautiful specimens. I noticed that many of the individuals in the Vienna Natural History Museum collection have similar labels, including most if not all of their large number of Mocs.
John Divelbiss
 2/3/2022 12:12:45 PM		 When I saw this post my first reaction was WOW!...as Steve first noted. What/where is the label number (134) from ?
Steve Brittenham
 2/3/2022 2:05:21 AM		 Wow! An impressive collection of pieces of this historic meteorite. Congratulations!
 

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