Rafrüti (meteorite)
The Rafrüti meteorite is the second largest meteorite that has been found in Switzerland to date .
The meteorite was found near Rafrüti in the canton of Bern in 1886 . It was the first meteorite find in Switzerland. The parts collected so far have a mass of approx. 18.2 kg and are mostly in the Natural History Museum in Bern .
It is an iron meteorite . It has the lowest iridium content of all iron meteorites known to date.
See also
literature
- Edmund von Fellenberg : The meteorite from Rafrüti: preliminary communication. Bern: Jent, 1900. Six-page separate print from Bund No. 220, from Friday, August 10, 1900, with appendix.
- Dario Terribilini, Otto Eugster, David W. Mittlefehldt, Larryn W. Diamond, Stephan Vogt and Daode Wang: Mineralogical and chemical composition and cosmic-ray exposure history of two mesosiderites and two iron meteorites. In: Meteoritics & Planetary Science , 35 (2000), 617-628 ( [1] ).
- Entry in the database of the Meteoritical Bulletin