Ummm, how did the "meteorite" get buried under 2.5 meters of silt?
Agreed Charles ...Something doesnt add up

Today is the day they are supposed to be trying to remove the fragment, so there should be some news soon.
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Ummm, how did the "meteorite" get buried under 2.5 meters of silt?
Today is the day they are supposed to be trying to remove the fragment, so there should be some news soon.
Published time: October 03, 2013 11:33
---------“It’s like the little green men don’t want us Earthlings to get the celestial body,” Maksim Shipulin, one of the divers, commented to Rossiyskaya Gazeta. “We thought we’d be able to get the big meteorite from the depth of 14 meters, but it’s being sucked in deeper, and we are now talking about 16 to 20 meters.”------------
http://rt.com/news/russian-meteorite-lift-lake-679/
Tony Forsyth 05.10.2013 20:35
Not trying to be cynical but this whole story sounds like a PR beatup and doesn't sound true. Sucked down to 20 metres? Maybe it will suck down so far as to be not recovered, but make a good TV story anyway while they talk about it.
Ummm, how did the "meteorite" get buried under 2.5 meters of silt?
but it’s being sucked in deeper,
Sparky wrote:Ummm, how did the "meteorite" get buried under 2.5 meters of silt?but it’s being sucked in deeper,
That area may contain a quick condition..
While the biggest prize so far eluded the divers, they have found eight smaller fragments of the meteorite, the biggest one weighing just under 5kg, which is currently the largest fragment of the Chelyabinsk meteorite found. Their other catch includes plenty of garbage and a large number of magnets – the remainder of the winter enthusiastic hunt for smaller meteorite fragments by various entrepreneurs.
While the biggest prize so far eluded the divers, they have found eight smaller fragments of the meteorite, the biggest one weighing just under 5kg, which is currently the largest fragment of the Chelyabinsk meteorite found.
CharlesChandler wrote:According to scientists, the huge chunk, weighting hundreds of metric tons, is buried under a 2.5-meter (8.2-foot) layer of silt.
Ummm, how did the "meteorite" get buried under 2.5 meters of silt?
And I agree with Gary about the hole in the ice. The high-velocity impact of a meteorite "weighing several hundreds of metric tons" would have created waves that would have fractured the ice across the entire lake.
This sounds like a science funding scam to me.
Ummm, how did the "meteorite" get buried under 2.5 meters of silt?
The rock crumbled into several chunks as scientists began lifting it from the ground with the help of levers and ropes.
GaryN wrote:This site is covering the removal process:
Probable Fragments of Chelyabinsk Meteorite Lifted From Lake
http://en.rian.ru/science/20130926/1837 ... -Lake.html
Only four minerals - plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, olivine, and ilmenite - account for 98-99% of the crystalline material of the lunar crust. [Material at the lunar surface contains a high proportion of non-crystalline material, but most of this material is glass that formed from melting of rocks containing the four major minerals.] The remaining 1-2% is largely potassium feldspar, oxide minerals such as chromite, pleonaste, and rutile, calcium phosphates, zircon, troilite, and iron metal. Many other minerals have been identified, but most are rare and occur only as very small grains interstitial to the four major minerals.
Some of the most common minerals at the surface of the Earth are rare or have never been found in lunar samples. These include quartz, calcite, magnetite, hematite, micas, amphiboles, and most sulfide minerals. Many terrestrial minerals contain water as part of their crystal structure. Micas and amphiboles are common examples. Hydrous (water containing) minerals have Only four minerals - plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, olivine, and ilmenite - account for 98-99% of the crystalline material of the lunar crust. [Material at the lunar surface contains a high proportion of non-crystalline material, but most of this material is glass that formed from melting of rocks containing the four major minerals.] The remaining 1-2% is largely potassium feldspar, oxide minerals such as chromite, pleonaste, and rutile, calcium phosphates, zircon, troilite, and iron metal. Many other minerals have been identified, but most are rare and occur only as very small grains interstitial to the four major minerals.
Some of the most common minerals at the surface of the Earth are rare or have never been found in lunar samples. These include quartz, calcite, magnetite, hematite, micas, amphiboles, and most sulfide minerals. Many terrestrial minerals contain water as part of their crystal structure. Micas and amphiboles are common examples. Hydrous (water containing) minerals have
Meteorites hit the ground at terminal velocity, 100-200 mph. All meteorites that we have impacted at that speed.
I have never heard anyone else suggest that electrical discharge was involved with forming meteorites. Interesting idea.
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