[meteorite-list] My Wedding Day Anniversary Meteorite Fall: Jilin
bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
Thu Mar 8 16:14:49 EST 2007
Happy Birthday, Jilin!
Jilin, H5; S3
Fell 1976, March 08
Time: 15:00 hrs
11 masses individually recorded
Several explosions during flight
Three distinct fireballs
E-W strewnfield
AKA: Kirin
Mass: About 4 metric tons
Largest individual 1770 kg excavated at a depth of ca. 6 meters.
Best wishes,
Bernd
Bernd Pauli Meteorite Collection:
- 35.8-gram slice with abundant FeNi and troilite + shock veins
- thin section: barred olivine chondrule shows thick outer igneous
rim and thinner inner rim with skeletal olivine set in black glass
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