[meteorite-list] Cold Bokkeveld

From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:50:23 2004
Message-ID: <3CAD823C.FA12452F_at_lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>

RB wrote:

> I have several pieces of a meteorite called Cold Bokkeveld.
> I would like to know more about that name: is it a place? etc.


Hello Robert and List,

Here are the facts:

Cold Bokkeveld, CM2, shock stage S1
Cape Province, S. Africa
33° 08' S / 019° 23' E
Fell 1838, Oct. 13, 09:00 hrs

Many stones, the largest of about 4.5lb, fell,
after appearance of a fireball and detonations.

Here is some additional info:

- contains light nitrogen associated with SiC
- has spinel-bearing refractory inclusions
- contains calcium sulfate
- contains CAIs
- contains fine-grained rims that surround
  chondrules and other coarse-grained
  components such as CAIs

I am sending you a Microsoft Encarta map in a private mail
which shows the location where Cold Bokkeveld fell.


Best wishes,

Bernd
Received on Fri 05 Apr 2002 05:53:48 AM PST