Yes, I was in that University in March in Yekaterinburg and saw those pieces in person. I met with Dr. Gresheky (sp) and had a great tour of the amazing laboratory facilities and saw hundreds of Chelyabinsk specimens found just after the fall.
Michael Farmer Sent from my iPad On Sep 25, 2013, at 8:55 AM, "karmaka" <karmaka-meteori...@t-online.de> wrote: > Hi Shawn, > > that photo does not show the specimen from the lake but the first bigger > specimen found months ago > on the surface. > > Best regards > > Martin > > Von: Shawn Alan <photoph...@yahoo.com> > An: Meteorite Central <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Betreff: [meteorite-list] First fragment of Chelyabinsk meteorite raised from > bottom of, Lake Chebarkul > Datum: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:29:17 +0200 > > Hello Listers, > > Here another link not sure if this been posted, but it crazy how it did > oxidize in the water. Now the question is home mush will it oxidize on the > surface. > I wonder if the state of this fragment will hold true for the mother load :) > Only time will tell. > It would be cool to own a sample from the bottom of the lake, once they bring > it up to the surface :) > > Shawn Alan > IMCA 1633 > ebay store > http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633nyc/m.html > http://meteoritefalls.com/ > > > The Article > > Tiny Chelyabinsk Meteorite Fragment Found, Big to Be Lifted Soon > Topic: Hail of Meteorite Fragments Hits Russia > > > YEKATERINBURG, September 25 (RIA Novosti) – While removing silt in an effort > to fish out a huge chunk of meteorite from the bottom of a lake in Russia’s > Urals, divers recovered a smaller meteorite on Tuesday, scientists said. > > A meteorite, estimated to weigh about 10,000 metric tons, exploded over the > Chelyabinsk Region in February. The biggest of chunks that the celestial body > fragmented into ended up in the local Chebarkul Lake, and silt is now being > pumped from the lakebed to recover it. > According to scientists, the huge chunk, weighting hundreds of metric tons, > is buried under a 2.5-meter (8.2-foot) layer of silt. Scientists expect to > remove the silt around it on Wednesday evening. > > However, divers came across a smaller one on Monday evening, but were unable > to recover it because of a huge amount of silt on the lakebed. The rock was > eventually recovered early on Tuesday. > > “A meteorite chunk roughly the size of a human fist has been lifted from the > depth of 13 meters [43 feet] in Lake Chebarkul,” the Urals Federal University > said in a statement. > > Viktor Grokhovsky, the founder and longstanding leader of the university’s > meteorite expedition, said he studied the images of the smaller meteorite and > confirmed its space origin. > > source: > http://en.ria.ru/russia/20130925/183707251/Tiny-Chelyabink-Meteorite-Fragment-Found-Big-to-Be-Lifted-Soon.html > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Postfach fast voll? Jetzt kostenlos E-Mail Adresse @t-online.de sichern und > endlich Platz für tausende Mails haben. > http://www.t-online.de/email-kostenlos > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
