[meteorite-list] Meteorite in New Hampshire

[Göran Axelsson]

Interesting that you should mention Finland and that no meteorite have 
been found that way. Bjurböle is a name that pops up whenever I hear 
about mysterious holes in ice.
http://www.somerikko.net/old/geo/met/mbjurb_e.htm

But I agree, this one doesn't really sounds like a meteorite and is 
probably caused some other way. The story about the hole getting bigger 
the first day is one part of it. There should also have been chunks of 
ice from the original surface but the central hole looked like it was 
filled by clear ice.
The elongated air bubbles are also common when the ice is freezing over.

We had a number of similar appearances of holes in ice 5-10 years ago 
but none yielded any meteorites.

... but I hope I'm wrong.

Good hunt!

Göran


Sterling K. Webb wrote:
> Hi, Gary, List
>
>     I don't want to throw cold water on this possibility
> (plenty of that already), but every winter, there's one
> or more "did a meteorite land in a pond/lake" stories
> that pop up on the List. There was a long-lasting thread
> back in Jan., 2001, about a lake in Finland (where,
> incidentally, there are many "meteorite in a lake/pond"
> stories, none of which ever panned out with a rock).
>   

... snip ...

>     There's a long list of natural occurances that can punch
> holes in new-iced ponds. But one of them is... Meteorite!
> My problem is that I can't find any rendition of a meteorite
> having been found that way.
>
>
> Sterling K. Webb
>