The Alaskan meteorites Hope Creek and Aggie Creek were found in creeks of those names by prospectors dredging for gold. Also I believe that the Cold Bay pallasite (also Alaskan) was found on the beach. I believe that covers all known Alaskan meteorites!
Jeanne Devon Museum Store/Nature Source www.thenaturesource.com IMCA #9236 ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Gwilliam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bernd Pauli HD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Serguei Vassiliev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 8:05 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites that fell into the water > A large piece of the Marjalahti pallasite was witnessed to fall into a > lake. Vladimir Stepakov, Ivan Koutyrev's partner, nearly drown while > searching for this one. > > Also, weren't several pieces of the Estherville mesosiderite seen to fall > into a lake near a couple of boys? > > Regards, > > John Gwilliam > > At 12:58 PM 5/4/02 +0200, Bernd Pauli HD wrote: > >Hello Serguei and List, > > > >The most famous meteorite that fell into a pond or a stock tank is, of > >course, Pena Blanca Spring. See detailed description in Joel Schiff's > >METEORITE magazine: Meteorite! (May 2000, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 36-38). > > > >Some of the Siena stones have also been reported to have fallen into > >a pond: "Two astonished English ladies saw stones fall into a pond > >and splash out water that appeared to boil." The government had the > >pond drained and actually recovered some Siena stones [MARVIN > >U.B. (1996) E.F. Chladni (1756-1827) and the origins of modern > >meteorite research (Meteoritics 31-5, 1996, 558-561)]. > > > >Several Chinga specimens were found in the Chinga River basin. And > >there is the Djati-Pengilon H6 chondrite which fell into the Alastoeva > >river. > > > >Another celebrity is the Grosnaja CV3 chondrite. A shower of stones > >fell, after detonations, but only 1 of about 3.5 kg was recovered as > >the rest fell into the river Terek. > > > >Monte Milone, L5, brecciated: After detonations, many stones fell > >(some in the river Potenza) 8 miles from Macerata, Italy. > > > >Seymchan, a IIE iron of 272.3 kg was found in the bed of a stream > >flowing into the river Hekandue, a tributary of the Jasachnaja. > > > >Shirahagi, IVA, mass of 22.7 kg was found in the bed of the Kamiichi- > >kawa river. Saotome, which is structurally similar, was found in the > >same river 2 years later. > > > > > >Best wishes, > > > >Bernd > > > >______________________________________________ > >Meteorite-list mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > John Gwilliam Meteorites > PO Box 26854 > Tempe AZ 85285 > http://www.meteoriteimpact.com > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
