Borkut

Name in the NHM catalogue: Borkut
Locality*: Kvasy, Rakhivs’kyy rayon [district], Zakarpat’ska oblast’ [province], UKR
Co-ordinates: 48° 9' N, 24° 17' E
Fall/find: Fall
Date of the fall: 13.10.1852, 15:00
Type (level 1): Stone
Type (level 2): Chondrite
Type (level 3): Ordinary chondrite
Group: L5
Recovered weight*: ~6 kg
Synonyms*: Borcut, Borkút, Marmaros, Marmoros
Remark: Data from Grady, M. M. (2000): Catalogue of meteorites. 5^th rev. enl. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Data marked with an asterisk (*) are supplemented or corrected.

History of the fall: A stone fell after twofold detonation to the yard of István Szedorek. The meteorite broke to pieces. József Pöschl, local inspector of forest obtained a larger (7 lbs 3 1/8 oz = 4030 g) and a smaller (7 oz = 120 g) fragment, and sent the larger one to his brother, Károly Pöschl, retired major and passionate mineral collector at Győr. The Vienna museum (now Natural History Museum) received a 7.75 oz piece from Mr Berghoffer, clerk of the Viennese court. According to its first describer, Franz Leydolt, the original size was a four-sided pyramid of 10 inches (25 cm) height and of 10 to 12 lbs (16 kg) weight.