[meteorite-list] Ferro Meteorico Lionle Co Kansas L. 70

[bernd.pauli at paulinet.de]

Hello Matteo, Sterling and List,

Last February I, too, thought and wrote this might be the ADMIRE pallasite
because of the find date. But the picture clearly shows that this meteorite
is an iron and not a pallasite. The etch pattern seems to be that of a IIIAB
iron and this narrows my speculations down to the Tonganoxie IIIAB iron
which was found in Leavenworth County in, well, 1886 :-(

But, look what I've unearthed :-)


BUCHWALD V.F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Volume 3, p. 1224:

"According to Snow (1891) and Bailey (1891), the mass was irregular of shape,
resembling a "lion couchant" (sleeping lion), and measuring 24 x 16 x 9 cm."

So, maybe the meteorite in question is Tonganoxie and the date of find was
erroneously given as that of the Admire pallasite.

Best wishes,

Bernd