Ryazan Oblast, Russia Found: 2000 Composition: 83% iron, 17% nickel and trace elements 7.5 kg 24 x 17 x 7 cm Provenance: Italian private collection The Dronino meteorite struck before the year 1200 AD. It must have been a spectacular event, yet there is no evidence of it, as this area was uninhabited at the time of the impact. So far 550 fragments of this meteorite have been found, the heaviest fragment weighs 250 kilograms. This 7.5 kg heavy meteorite belongs to the ataxite group. Ataxites are rare iron meteorites with high nickel content. Only about five percent of all meteorites belong to this group. METEORIT DRONINO Rjasan, Russland Fund: 2000 Zusammensetzung: 83% Eisen, 17% Nickel und Spurenelemente 7,5 kg 24 x 17 x 7 cm Provenienz: Italienische Privatsammlung Als der Moskauer Oleg Guskov im Sommer 2000 nicht weit vom Dorf Dronino in der Oblast Rjasan Pilze sammeln ging, rechnete er nicht damit, dass er mit einem Meteoriten nach Hause zurückkehren würde. Das gefundene Objekt liess er zwei Jahre in seinem Gemüsegarten liegen, bevor sich Oleg auf die Suche nach Experten machte, die den ausserirdischen Ursprung des Metallstücks best?tigten. Der Meteorit Dronino schlug vor dem Jahr 1200 n. Chr. ein. Es musste ein spektakul?res Ereignis gewesen sein, dennoch gibt es keine Zeugnisse davon, da diese Gegend zur Zeit des Einschlags unbewohnt war. Von diesem Meteoriten wurden bis jetzt 550 Fragmente gefunden, das schwerste Fragment wiegt 250 Kilogramm. Dieser 7,5 Kilo schwerer Meteorit geh?rt zu den Ataxiten. Ataxite nennt man seltene Eisenmeteoriten mit hohem Nickelgehalt, die etwa fünf Prozent von allen Meteoriten ausmachen. Seine chemische Zusammensetzung lautet wie folgt: ca. 83% Eisen, 17% Nickel und Spurenelemente.notes:*
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