A METEORITE FRAGMENT TRAPPED BETWEEN POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SHATTER CONES IN A LIMESTONE BLOCK STORED AT THE METEORKRATER-MUSEUM STEINHEIM, GERMANY
E. Buchner, M. Hölzel, M. Schmieder, M. Rasser, J. Fietzke, M. Frische, S. Kutterolf
80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017
“A metallic fragment on a shatter cone surface of a shattered limestone block is composed of Fe, Ni, and Co. Kamacite, taenite, troilite, and schreibersite were identified. These findings suggest this fragment is a piece of the Steinheim projectile. ”
Meteoritic matter from the Ries and Steinheim impactors?
Schmidt, G., El Goresy, A., Pernicka, E.
Paneth Kolloquium Nördlingen (2017), abstract #0070
October 11-13, 2017
“We will present literature data to show that these claims are not only in conflict with previous studies but that their conclusion is
completely unsupported by published data (see Fig.).”
Image from Paneth Kolloquium Nördlingen (2017), abstract #0070
Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart – Press release (11 September 2017)
The embedded 2cm-sized alleged Pallasite impactor specimen in a Steinheim limestone block. Photo: Sabrina Balzer / Südwest Presse (12 Sept 2017)
The embedded 2cm-sized alleged Pallasite impactor specimen in the Steinheim limestone block. Photo: Peter Köpple / SWR (12 Sept 2017)
The embedded 2cm-sized alleged Pallasite impactor specimen in a Steinheim limestone block. Photo: SWR
SWR Television (12 September 2017)
Landesschau Baden-Württemberg
SWR TV, 18 September 2017
(available until 18 Sept 2018)
VIDEO
1metre-sized block of limestone with shatter cones in the Meteorkrater-Museum in Sontheim. The photo shows the embedded remains of the assumed Steinheim meteorite (dark matter) briefly after it was discovered. Photo: Michael Hölzel.
The photo shows the embedded ~ 2cm-sized remains of the assumed Steinheim meteorite (dark matter) in the smaller limestone fragment which has been broken of the larger block. These meteorite fragments were used for the analysis. Photo: Michael Hölzel.
Small meteorite fragments used for analysis. Photo: SWR
