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This Pultusk specimens was found by polish meteorite hunter in june and september 2005. He was very lucky to find 4 big specimens (105g, 220g, 245g and 301g) in total of 870g. With help of local people he was able to find area where was a big possibility to locate meteorite specimens. He spend several weeks search suspect locations. Finally his work was rewarded.

This meteorites is still in verry good condition. I have cleaned 108.5g specimen and after lose 3g of rust and soil I have made pretty looking complete specimen, still with black crust.
One half of my other 254g specimen I have cut in full slices to see how it looks inside. Results was incredible. This specimen have still some fresh parts inside. I must say that this meteorite is verry hard and solid, without any cracks. Cutting was much slower that I should expect from ordinary H5 chondrite. Maybe this was one of the reasons why it is only little weathered. Polishing was also not soo easy as I expected at the beginning.

I have send one slice to Silesian University in Sosnowiec for investigation. There profesor L.Karwowski, President of Polish Meteoritical Society, confirmed that this is real Pultusk meteorite and define weathering grade for only W1. One week later, sample from 245g specimen was microprobed in Warsaw, and results are identical with original "old" Pultusk.

Search for specimens in Pultusk strew field is extremely difficult. In this area was front line of World War II, so ground is full of iron. This eliminate any metal detector and the only acceptable method is our own eye and magnet in hand. The other problem is ammount of bigger specimens. In this fall was many thousands of stones, but in size of 1g to several grams (~10-30g) named Pultusk Pea. But there was not many bigger specimens. Also we must remember that after bright and loud meteorite fall, local people and members of Polish Academy of Science search for specimens for months and years. So this discovery is much more incredible that We can think.

Specimen Picture Weight Description Prices
Photo 105.5g

50x37x32 mm

Name : Pułtusk
Class : Chondrite H5 S3 veined breccia
Region: Pułtusk, Poland
Date : 30.January.1868 19:00
TKW : +250kg, 200,000 specimens

96% complete specimen cleaned from rust and soil. This 137 years old meteorite still looks fresh and have black crust.
8$/g = SOLD
301.8g

68x61x40 mm

80% complete specimen in oryginal condition. Very interesting shape, propably high brecciated specimen. 8$/g = SOLD
134.8g

56x34x40 mm

half specimen. Crust in verry good condition and still fresh inside.
220.3g

60x45x43 mm

Complete specimen found in 2006. Crust in very thin and mostly naturaly dissapear. Some crust remains could be removed while cleaning.
13.71g

51x36x2 mm

full slice 10$/g = SOLD
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