[meteorite-list] 1841 Newspaper Article, Crosby's Creek

From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:08:26 2004
Message-ID: <F18Ehr2Gak3T8uRX8As00013e7c_at_hotmail.com>

Paper: Newark Daily Advertiser
Date: Thursday, July 8, 1841
Page: 2

Meteoric Stone - Prof. Foest, in his Geological Report to the Legislature of
Tennessee, descibes a meteoric stone which fell near Crosby's Creek. The
original weight of which was tw thousand pounds. It is not known where it
fell.


(Mark Note: Crosby's Creek is an Octahedrite that weighed 958kg found in
Cocke Co, Tennessee during 1837.)

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