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Re: Sri Lanka



Jim Berdach schrieb:

> Hello list, I am planning a trip to Sri Lanka quite soon. Does anyone
> have any info about any meteorites reported from sites in Sri Lanka?
> Know of any researchers/collectors there?
> Thanks -- Jim Berdach berdach@ibm.net

Hello Jim, hello List!

Mulletiwu (L chondrite)
Sri Lanka
Northern Province
Fell 1795, April 13, 8:00 hrs
25g, Paris, Mus. d'Hist. Nat.

After detonations a shower of stones fell, E.F.F. Chladni, Die
Feuer-Meteore, Wien, 1819, p.262. Description, with partial analysis,
S.Meunier, C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 1901, 132, p.501. Olivine Fa25, B.
Mason, GCA, 1963, 27, p.1011. The place of the fall is Mullaitivu, 09o
20' N., 080o 50' E., C.A. Silberrad, Min. Mag., 1932, 23, p.304.


Best wishes,

Bernd

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