[meteorite-list] Kakovy Meteorite

From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:01 2004
Message-ID: <3C5FBD6D.2DE30346_at_lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>

Keith inquired:

> Does anyone know the Modern Name of a Meteorite from "Kakovy" from before
> 1890 maybe Russia.

Maybe this one?

Kakowa, L6, veined
Oravita, Romania
45° 08' N / 021° 40' E
Fell 1858, May 19, 08:00 hrs

After detonations, a stone of 577 grams was seen to fall (W. von
Haidinger, Sitzungsbericht der Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.Naturwiss.
Kl., 1859, 34, p. 11). Amount and composition of Ni-Fe, G.T. Prior,
Min. Mag., 1919, 18, p. 353. A chromite-feldspar intergrowth is
figured, P. Ramdohr, GCA, 1967, 31, p. 1961. Olivine Fa23, B. Mason,
GCA, 1963, 27, p. 1011.

Or maybe: Guea (also called) Cacak - fell 1891 in Serbia - ungrouped
          Jelica (LL6) - also Serbia - fell 1889 - also called Chachak
          or Cacak

Best regs,

Bernd
Received on Tue 05 Feb 2002 06:09:33 AM PST