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36.15 gram slice. L5
TKW 1.23 tons. Fall not observed, according to the MetBul Database, but The Meteoritical Bulletin No. 59 states:
Place of fall: Near Tsarev village, Volgograd district, USSR.
Date of fall: December 6, 1922, 0700 hrs (?), found 1968, recognized 1979.
Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5).
Total weight: 1131.7 kg
Circumstances of find: Found in fields, the first few specimens were found by B.G. Nikiforov. The largest mass weighs 284 kg, the smallest 761 g. The greatest distance between the find sites was 6.0 km.
  
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
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Anne Black
11/5/2017 11:05:42 AM |
Yes, John D. self-pairing is a problem, but mostly with NWA and other numbered meteorites where you have no past history, no provenance, a few shady dealers. Quite different with named, historical meteorites. This one came from a private collection, but with Serguey Vassiliev's label. A very reliable dealer. |
John Divelbiss
11/5/2017 8:57:08 AM |
Thanks Anne, love the dark matrix of Tsarev... BTW, according to the Met Bulletin the smallest individual piece or fragment officially identified from this fall is 761 grams. Any individual or broken fragment found/sold smaller than this is not a real Tsarev meteorite according to the new "piggybacking" rules. Sikhote Alin, Gao, where will it end?...oh I know, NWA 1110 ! |
Daniel Da Costa
11/5/2017 5:24:55 AM |
Nice Slice. thanks Anne |
Bernd Pauli
11/5/2017 2:58:12 AM |
GALLANT R.A. (1999) The "Fiery Snake" of Tsarev (M! Nov. 1999, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 08-11). |
John Hope
11/5/2017 12:10:52 AM |
Nice slice Anne.Thanks for great photo. |
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