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Photos by Herbert Raab. Copyright (c) Herbert Raab.
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Find/Fall Anniversary |
83.1 gram corner piece, cut from the main mass. L4
TKW 7 kg. Observed fall 28 August 1925, Niederosterreich, Austria.
   
Herbert writes:
After a large fireball was widely observed on August 28, 1925, a 5 kg meteorite was found on the next day near Lanzenkirchen, about 50 km south of Vienna, Austria. A second individual, with a mass of 2 kg, was found on October 7, about 2.5 km northeast of the first. The meteoites show a patchy fusion crust and a beautifully, brecciated interior that is shock darkened in some areas.
The specimen shown here in images #1 and #2 is a 83.1 g corner piece, cut from the main mass. Image #3 shows the main mass in the Natural History Museum in Vienna.
Copyright information: It is the policy of the NHM to allow visitors to photograph the exhibits, but only for personal use. Pictures cannot be used for commercial purposes without written permission. The MPOD is in the personal use category so showing this picture here is allowed.
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
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John Divelbiss
8/28/2021 2:32:02 PM |
fresh looking almost 100 years later...very nice L4 Fall !! |
Bernd Pauli
8/28/2021 4:55:17 AM |
Congrats, Herbert! Lanzemkirchen is seldom seen in private collections! According to H. Michel, Lanzenkirchen is rich in FeNi and troilite and has plenty of chondrules. |
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