Paladino vincenzino 7/13/2020 2:17:47 AM |
Magnificent specimen |
Tracy Latimer 7/12/2020 1:44:25 PM |
What a weirdly beautiful meteorite! I only wish my chip was bigger. |
Bernd Pauli 7/12/2020 10:45:36 AM |
Oops: 5800 +/- 500 years ! |
Bernd Pauli 7/12/2020 10:44:16 AM |
Hi Tom and all, Andrea Patzer already showed back in 2002 that Itqui's terrestrial age is about 5800 years. PATZER A. et al. (2002) Itqiy: A study of noble gases and oxygen isotopes including ist terrestrial age and a comparison with Zaklodzie (MAPS 37-6, 2002, pp. 823-833): "Itqiy's terrestrial age of 5800*500 years sheds crucial light on the uncertain circumstances of ist recovery and proves that Itqiy is not a modern fall, whereas the 14C results from Zaklodzie suggest it hit Earth only recently." |
Denis Gourgues 7/12/2020 6:23:01 AM |
So it's not an observed fall ... Logical because no witnesses of the fall just picked up..thx! ... for this information. |
Tom 7/12/2020 4:44:04 AM |
Patzer et al. (2010) showed that Itqiy*s terrestrial age is approx. 5,800 years. It is not related to any fireball observed in 1990.
Itqiy*s Meteoritcal Bulletin entry was updated earlier this year with that information. |
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