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
Meteoritical Bulletin record: Click here
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#:
7627
Description:
Individual. Official # TW466. The book about Twannberg expeditions can be downloaded here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307606786_Der_Twannberg-Eisenmeteorit_Funde_1984-201
Size:
5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm
Weight:
124.8 gr
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