Twannberg (IIG)


Country: Switzerland
State/District: Canton Bern, Nidau dist.
Date of fall/find: Found 1984, May 09
Total known weight: 152.66 kg
Number of pieces: 1
Type: Iron, structurally anomalous (hexahedrite to coarsest octahedrite), shock hardened, Bellsbank grouplet

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A mass of 15.9kg was found in a barley field after plowing. Similar in structure and composition to Tombigbee River, Met. Bull. 64, Meteoritics, 1986, 21, p.311. Analysis, 4.4% Ni, 38.0 ppm Ga, 51.4 ppm Ge,0.084 ppm Ir, J.T.Wasson et al., GCA, 1989, 53, p.735.



ID#: 7211
Description: Individual. Official # TW434. The book about Twannberg expeditions can be downloaded here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307606786_Der_Twannberg-Eisenmeteorit_Funde_1984-2016
Size: 7.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm
Weight: 228.1 gr

US$ 1,800.00

 




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