Rocks From Space Picture of the Day April 27, 2007
Kandahar (Afghanistan) meteorite:
Dr. J. Geiss from Bern wrote a letter to E. L. Krinov, dated July 22,
1960. Dr. Geiss was able to get the
meteorite out of Afghanistan with the help of a member of the
diplomatic corps (Prof. O. Eugster pers.
commun. to J. Nauber). Fresh meteorites were extremely rare at that
time and Mr. Geiss was very keen
to get a piece for scientific studies. Unfortunately the TKW (Total
Known Weight) was very low and to date,
all known fragments together are only a mere 525 grams. The 3.567 g
cut fragment above comes from
a Swiss museum and was cut off the BE-71-4 mass.
Credit & copyright: Peter Marmet (http://www.marmet-meteorites.com/ )
Author & editor: Michael Johnson (SPACEROCKSINC.com)
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