Hello,
I am proud to announce a new french meteorite. It have been found in late july by a geologist, looking for fossils with his wife, not so far from the town I live (Besançon), and about 20km of Ornans. After the famous 1868 fall, this is the second meteorite from Franche-Comté region. The stone was lying on the side of a small road of the Abbans-Dessous village (exact coordinates47.13171N ; 5.87560E). Looks very fresh, and is only 3.123g. The finder asked me an expertise in early august, and even if was obviously a meteorite, I was worried about the possibility of a "fell from the pocket" stone, even if the finder was a very trustfull guy. He accepted to send the meteorite to CEREGE early september, for non destructive tests (thanks to Jérôme Gattacceca !). The first investigations we recieved last week indicate a LL type, and confirmed it was not a "bad joke". Further investigations are planed. We only hunt few days this summer with Marie and a friend well-known here (but without certitudes...), but no more finds. Some pictures : http://wwmeteorites.com/Image1.JPG http://wwmeteorites.com/Image2.JPG http://wwmeteorites.com/Image3.JPG http://wwmeteorites.com/Image4.JPG Regards, Fabien Fabien Kuntz Météorites (ventes, expertise, conférences) Animation scientifique et technique WWMETEORITES (Siret : 511 850 612 00017) www.wwmeteorites.com ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
