MexicoDoug
5/7/2016 12:21:35 AM |
Anne :-) I should have been more clear and said 11 stones were recovered (not "fell"). |
Anne Black
5/6/2016 8:22:32 PM |
Thank you Graham, glad you like it. And Thank you Doug, that's a lot more information than I had been able to find about this meteorite!! |
Graham Macleod
5/6/2016 7:02:34 PM |
Great meteorite Anne :)
This must have looked beautiful with the gorgeous black crust and as a whole stone?
It looks great now and has a cool matrix.
Cheers. |
MexicoDoug
5/6/2016 2:27:31 AM |
The beautifully contrasting large black regions through this meteorite impressed early researchers. Lindstr*m theorized that the interesting breccia contained parts that had been heated much more than others, before they were cemented into their final form. It appears Nordenskj*ld speculated that some large plutonic formations on Earth were formed through the geologic ages by accumulation of material from meteorites like St*lldalen, which underwent reactions during the accumulation, stratifying and causing volcanic craters - to explain iron, nickel and magnesium deposits that so far had puzzled scientists. This was an incredibly colorful Peekskill-like event witnessed across a large swath including Stockholm. 11 stones fell, including one right through the branches of a tree in woods near a workman. |
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