Beautiful stone! Congratulations to you and the finder.
Mendy On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Fabien Kuntz via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > 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 -- Mendy Ouzillou ______________________________________________ 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
