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Photo 4 of Main Mass, HNHM. Copyright (c) Zsolt Kereszty.
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75.34 gram end cut with original patina. Iron, IIIAB
TKW 108.5 kg. Fall not observed. Found 1814, Lenartovka Forest, Slovakia (then Hungarian Kingdom).
  
Zsolt writes:
Part of my Collection
The main mass is in the Hungary NHM, Budapest, Hungary.
The meteorite was discovered in the end of October 1814, in the Lenartovka
Forest by a shepherd, under mud and decayed leaves, near a spring.
At first it was thought to be silver due to its shining lustre. The local
landowner, József Kapy, royal counsellor, bought the specimen and sent it
with the help of Mathias Sennowitz, naturalist in Eperjes (now Preov,
Slovakia), to the Hungarian National Museum. It was the first meteorite
specimen in the HNHM. Other specimens were distributed among other European
museums, e.g. a 5-lbs fragment to Vienna, where knives and swords were also
made of its material.
Click to view larger photos #1 #2 #3 #4
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Graham Macleod
3/20/2016 6:41:13 PM |
What a beautiful meteorite Zsolt,
The history is extremely interesting!
Cheers M8 |
Zsolt Kereszty
3/16/2016 5:21:29 AM |
Yes, Anne the right TKW is 108.5 kg. I have asked yet Paul for the fixing. This slice probable one of the biggest what cooud to abtained from Museums. |
John Hope
3/16/2016 3:06:17 AM |
Great specimen thank you Zsolt, thanks for sharing. |
Anne Black
3/16/2016 2:19:11 AM |
I believe you meant to say that the TKW was 108.5 Kilos, not grams. Quote from Buchwald: "The
difficult task of the early cutting took 29 days and was only accomplished when "English clock-spring-steel" sawbands were taken into use". |
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