T he 6 in L6 basically means good luck f inding a chondrule, but t he L, alt hough meaning a lower concent rat ion of iron, does not t ranslat e t o a f ruit less search f or any element wit h 26 prot ons. Bangladesh is a count ry where almost a t hird of it f loods each year during t he f our mont h monsoon season beginning around June f irst . It would be easy t o blame t he weat her f or why t here are f ew Bangladesh met eorit es, however somet hing seemingly cont radict ory appears when comparing t he monsoon season t o t he calendar of Bangladesh met eorit e f alls. First , June, July, August , and Sept ember are act ive monsoon mont hs so t hose mont hs should be t he least product ive f or wit nessing and f inding met eorit es. However, t he f all days f or Bangladesh’s met eorit es are March 27, May 14, May 23, July 29, August 7, August 11, August 29 and Oct ober 22. T hat means t hat half of t he wit nessed f alls f ell during t he monsoon season, and six non-monsoon mont hs of f ered up no met eorit es. So it seems t here is somet hing else at work here. Any ideas?
Posing wit h a crooked smile, t he part ial slice of Pirgunje represent s t he second largest piece in any collect ion anywhere. Not surprisingly, t he main mass of Pirgunje, as list ed in t he Cat alogue of Met eorit es, resides as a 732g specimen in t he Nat ural Hist ory Museum in London. Beyond t hat , 28g are list ed in t he Field Museum collect ion, 23.1g in Canada, 23g in at t he American Museum of Nat ural Hist ory, 16.2g in Calcut t a, 9g in Vienna, and 3.8g f or t he Vat ican. What does all t hat mean? Not much except t hat t he piece in my collect ion is second largest piece of Pirgunje in t he world. Or, as I like t o t hink of it , since t he main mass is st ill 87% of t he original mass, my piece is t he largest slice* in t he world. *Subject t o change wit hout not ice.