Country:
Poland
State/District:
Warsaw
Date of fall/find:
Fell 1868, January 30 1900
Total known weight:
250 kg (preserved in collections)
Number of pieces:
unknown
Type:
Stone. Ordinary chondrite, gas rich, brecciated, veined
Shock stage: S3
Meteoritical Bulletin record: Click here
After appearance of a fireball followed by detonations, a large shower of stones fell over an area of several square miles between Pultusk and Ostrolenka on the Narew. The weights of individuals range from 9kg to less than one gram, a few were of 4kg and over, 200 of 1kg and over; more than 200kg are preserved in collections, K.Szymanski, Neues Jahrb. Min., 1868, p.326, G.vom Rath, Neues Jahrb. Min., 1869, p.80, W.Haidinger, Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturwiss. Kl., 1868, 57, p.405, M.H.Hey, Cat. Met., 1966, p.394. Analysis, 27.19% total Fe, M.I.Dyakonova and V.Y.Kharitonova, Meteoritika, 1961, 21, p.52. Coordinates, estimated 2000kg fell, total number of fragments having been about 180000, B.Lang and M.Kowalski, Meteoritics, 1971, 6, p.149, A.L.Graham et al., Cat. Met., 1985, p.293. Xenolithic, olivine Fa18.5, R.A.Binns, GCA, 1968, 32, p.299. Further analysis, 27.24% total Fe, H.von Michaelis et al., Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 1969, 5, p.387. Ni and Ir contents, O.Müller et al., GCA, 1971, 35, p.1121. Uranium content, D.E.Fisher, GCA, 1972, 36, p.15. Noble gas isotopic variations, D.C.Black, GCA, 1972, 36, p.347. Partial INAA, R.A.Schmitt et al., Meteoritics, 1972, 7, p.131. Volatile trace element abundances, J.C.Laul et al., GCA, 1973, 37, p.329. Noble gas data, exposure ages, R.Ganapathy and E.Anders, GCA, 1973, 37, p.359. Analysis of Ni, Ga, Ge and Ir in metal and silicate, C.-L.Chou et al., GCA, 1973, 37, p.2159. Al-26 data, I.R.Cameron and Z.Top, GCA, 1974, 38, p.899, GCA, 1975, 39, p.1705. Fluorine content, R.O.Allen,Jr. and P.J.Clark, GCA, 1977, 41, p.581. Infrared photometry, albedo, JHK colors, M.Leake et al., Meteoritics, 1978, 13, p.101. Uranium isotopic composition, J.H.Chen and G.J.Wasserburg, Geophys. Res. Lett., 1980, 7, p.275. Cosmic ray tracks, N.Bhandari et al., Nucl. Tracks, 1980, 4, p.213. Paleointensity, M.Westphal and H.Whitechurch, Meteoritics, 1981, 16, p.400 (abs.). Hydrogen and carbon isotopic composition of acid residues, J.Yang and S.Epstein, GCA, 1983, 47, p.2199. Light REE and actinide abundances, B.Hagee et al., GCA, 1990, 54, p.2847. Spectral study, gas-rich chondrite, D.T.Britt and C.M.Pieters, Meteoritics, 1991, 26, p.279. Petrographic shock classification, D.Stöffler et al., GCA, 1991, 55, p.3845. Porosity and bulk density, M.Zbik, Papers 15th Symp. Ant. Met., NIPR Tokyo, 1990, p.209 (abs.); see also, M.Terho et al., Studia Geophysica et Geodaedica, 1993, 37, p.65; see also, D.T.Britt and G.J.Consolmagno, MAPS, 2003, 38, p.1161; LPSC, 1997, 28, p.159 (abs.); G.J.Consolmagno and D.T.Britt, MAPS, 1998, 33, p.1231; S.L.Wilkison and M.S.Robinson, LPSC, 1999, 30, abs. #1929; MAPS, 2000, 35, p.1203; S.L.Wilkinson et al., MAPS, 2003, 38, p.1533. Study of porosity and density heterogeneity of inidividual shower stones, S.L.Andre et al., LPSC, 2003, 34, abs. #1608. Magnetic susceptibility, P.Rochette et al., MAPS, 2003, 38, p.251.