Country: Latvia
State/District: Courland
Co-ordinates: 56°30'N, 21°30'E
Date of fall: 1864, April 12 (0445hrs)
Total known weight: 10.25kg (approx.)
Number of pieces: 2
Remarks:
Classification:
Type: Ordinary chondrite veined
Shock Stage:
Weathering Stage:
Mineral Analyses: Olivine Fa23 Total iron: 22.57%
Pairings: not known
Synonyms: Poghel, Pohgel, Swajahn
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After detonations, two stones fell, one of about 5.5kg at the farmhouse Swajahn, and the other of about 4.75kg at the farmhouse Pohgel, 700 yards distant, C.Grewingk and C.Schmidt, Arch. Naturk. Liv.-Ehst.-u. Kurlands, Ser. 1, Min. Wiss., Dorpat, 1864, 3, p.554. Description, with doubtful analysis (no CaO reported), A.Kuhlberg, Arch. Naturk. Liv.-Ehst.-u. Kurlands, Ser. 1, Min. Wiss., Dorpat, 1867, 4, p.2, M.H.Hey, Cat. Met., 1966, p.337. Porosity and density, K.Keil, Chem. Erde, 1962, 22, p.281; see also, D.T.Britt and G.J.Consolmagno, MAPS, 2003, 38, p.1161. Olivine Fa23, B.Mason, GCA, 1963, 27, p.1011. Mineralogy, I.A.Yudin, Meteoritika, 1968, 28, p.66. Further analysis, 22.57% total Fe, M.I.Dyakonova, Meteoritika, 1972, 31, p.119. Infrared photometry, albedo, JHK colors, M.Leake et al., Meteoritics, 1978, 13, p.101. Bulk density and porosity, M.Terho et al., Studia Geophysica et Geodaedica, 1993, 37, p.65; see also, D.T.Britt and G.J.Consolmagno, MAPS, 2003, 38, p.1161; S.L.Wilkison and M.S.Robinson, MAPS, 2000, 35, p.1203; S.L.Wilkinson et al., MAPS, 2003, 38, p.1533. Magnetic susceptibility, P.Rochette et al., MAPS, 2003, 38, p.251.
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