The pseudometeorite Angara

TY - JOUR

T1 - The pseudometeorite Angara

AU - Pedersen, Holger

PY - 2013/6/1

Y1 - 2013/6/1

N2 - Several pallasites are known to have formed strewn fields with multiple fragments. Therefore, it seems possible that the famous Krasnojarsk pallasite-the Pallas Iron of 687 kg-could have been accompanied by one or more additional fragments that had not been recovered due to incomplete observations from the overgrown and remote place of fall. During a survey for literature accounts of distant fragments in such a hypothetical strewn field, a report of native iron was found, dating to 1847. The fragments of nickel-free iron-amounting to at least a few kg-had been recovered 1836-1843 during placer gold mining north of the Angara River. The position of these finds is coincident with Burovaya, Murozhna, and Uderei, the three known fragments of the pseudometeorite Angara, all collected in 1885.

AB - Several pallasites are known to have formed strewn fields with multiple fragments. Therefore, it seems possible that the famous Krasnojarsk pallasite-the Pallas Iron of 687 kg-could have been accompanied by one or more additional fragments that had not been recovered due to incomplete observations from the overgrown and remote place of fall. During a survey for literature accounts of distant fragments in such a hypothetical strewn field, a report of native iron was found, dating to 1847. The fragments of nickel-free iron-amounting to at least a few kg-had been recovered 1836-1843 during placer gold mining north of the Angara River. The position of these finds is coincident with Burovaya, Murozhna, and Uderei, the three known fragments of the pseudometeorite Angara, all collected in 1885.

U2 - 10.1111/maps.12121

DO - 10.1111/maps.12121

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1086-9379

VL - 48

SP - 1091

EP - 1095

JO - Meteoritics and Planetary Science

JF - Meteoritics and Planetary Science

IS - 6

ER -