[meteorite-list] Diamond bearing Goalpara meteorite
martinh at isu.edu
martinh at isu.edu
Thu Feb 10 21:28:37 EST 2005
Mark kindly posted:
> Paper: The Times Recorder
> City: Zanesville, Ohio
> Date: Sunday, December 30, 1962
> Page: "A SECTION - PAGE 7", 40 total pages
>
> Diamonds Found In Meteorite
Which included the line:
"The other diamond-bearing meteorites are the Novo Urei, 4.5 pounds, which fell in Russia in 1886; the Goalpara, six pounds, which was found in the jewel collection of the Rajah of Goalpara in 1858..."
Wow! That's about the coolest thing I have ever heard. A diamond-bearing meteorite in the jewel collection of a Rajah! And 150 years ago to boot!
I had not seen this reference before, but I knew there was some missing information as to where Goalpara came from. To me, Goalpara is a good candidate for a witnessed fall, but almost everything lists it as a find. I had a wonderful 10g piece of Goalpara in Michael Blood's auction but it did not sell. Maybe that is good thing now that I know a little more.
ARN has an online reference that tells a similar story at:
http:/
/www.arn-meteorites.com/MET_G.HTM
And the Geological Survey of India catalog lists it as an 1868 fall with the date and time unknown.
If anyone knows more about this, I would love to know about it.
Gosh, another find in my collection became a fall. All I had to do is wait.
Cheers,
Martin H
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