History: In the village of Count Osterman-Tolstoy, Krasny Ugol ( 54°02' N; 40°54' E ), in the Ryazan province, as Mr. Professor Kupfer informs me, on September 9, 1829 (new style) (August 28, 1829 old style) at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, under a clear sky and accompanied by a thunderous noise, a meteorite fell. The peasants assert that seven such stones fell within 15 minutes; however, only two were found . Physical characteristics: Professor Gustav Rose brought one of these fragments here (to St. Petersburg) for the Imperial Mineralogical Collection. It is a dark green mass composed of grains so fine that they cannot be clearly distinguished; however, some greenish dots (olivine), some white and yellowish metallic inclusions (magnetic iron ore?), and metallic iron are visible. History: In the village of Count Osterman-Tolstoy, Krasny Ugol (54°02' с.ш.; 40°54' в.д.), in the Ryazan province, as Mr. Professor Kupfer informs me, on September 9, 1829 (new style) (August 28, 1829 old style) at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, under a clear sky and accompanied by a thunderous noise, a meteorite fell. The peasants assert that seven such stones fell within 15 minutes; however, only two were found ..

Physical characteristics:Professor Gustav Rose brought one of these fragments here (to St. Petersburg) for the Imperial Mineralogical Collection. It is a dark green mass composed of grains so fine that they cannot be clearly distinguished; however, some greenish dots (olivine), some white and yellowish metallic inclusions (magnetic iron ore?), and metallic iron are visible.

(Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Vol. 16, 1829, p. 379)

Meteorite Krasnoi-Ugol

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