[Sources:] eBay, Vasiliev Sergey
History: One
stone weighing 20.02 kg was found by Svetlana Murashova and Stanislav Murashov while collecting
mushrooms 2 km SSW of the Koltsovo village. The stone was located at the edge of a ploughed field and
was probably removed there during cultivation. No other meteorite fragments were found in the field by
Dr. Andrei Stanyukovich of Moscow.
Classification: (M. Nazarov, Vernad): chondrules of different types and their fragments
are well defined; olivine, Fa20.0, PMD 2.7%; pyroxene shows variable composition, Fs5–24Wo0.2–7.2,
the mean, Fs12.9Wo1.2; shock stage S1; weathering grade W1.
Specimens: 2034 g and a thin section, Vernad; main mass with the finders. |