[meteorite-list] NP Article, 08-1948 New Mexico U. Gets Norton Meteorite
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:41 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV58XvpFVjCRG00008794_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C31D45.ECAC4E50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Title: Council Bluffs Nonpareil =20 City: Council Bluffs, Iowa =20 Date: Sunday, August 29, 1948 Page: 11 New Mexico Gets Huge Aerolite Transferred Safely From Nebraska Farm ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., AP - The largest stony meteorite ever discovered in t= he world has been brought safely from Nebraska to the University of New M= exixco. The 2,000-pound mass, fragile despite its weight, came carefully encased = in two inches of plaster from Beaver City, Neb. It was delivered Friday. The huge aerolite, part of the fall observed in several midwestern states= last Feb. 18, had buried itself 11 feet into the soil of a Nebraska farm= . Its excavation was completed last Wednesday by a group of scientists whic= h included Dr. Lincoln La Paz and Douglass M. Gragg of the University of = New Mexico's institute of meteoritics; Dr. Frederick C. Leonard, Universi= ty of California astronomy professor and search associate of the New Mexi= co institute; and three members of the University of Nebraska state museu= m staff - Dr. Bertrand Schultz, Allar Graffham and Morris Mendenhall. To Be Cut In Two The meteorite will be cut to two here, the larger section remaining at th= e university and the smaller going to the University of Nebraska. La Paz said the cutting will be a delicate process because the stone is "= softish....And some of it can be crushed into a sandy powder between the = fingers." It is composed chiefly of magnesium aluminum silicate, with fle= cks of nickel-iron and other minerals. La Paz described the stone as the main mass of the fall. He also is autho= rity for the statement it is the biggest meteorite of its kind yet recove= red. This one is an achondritic (stony) meteorite. Larger metallic ones h= ave been recovered. "More than 1,000 fragments of weights ranging up to 130 pounds, were reco= vered by institutefield surveys in April and May," he said. The stone is "susceptible to water," he said, and for that reason the Uni= versity of Nebraska share will be permanetnly encased in transparent plas= tic. The large piece can be safely exposed to New Mexico's dry climate, L= a Paz said. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C31D45.ECAC4E50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><B><FONT size=3D= 2> <P>Title: Council Bluffs Nonpareil </P> <P>City: Council Bluffs, Iowa = </P> <P>Date: Sunday, August 29, 1948</P> <P>Page: 11</P></B> <P> </= P> <P>New Mexico Gets Huge Aerolite</P> <P>Transferred Safely From Nebras= ka Farm</P> <P> </P> <P>ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., AP - The largest stony m= eteorite ever discovered in the world has been brought safely from Nebras= ka to the University of New Mexixco.</P> <P>The 2,000-pound mass, fragile= despite its weight, came carefully encased in two inches of plaster from= Beaver City, Neb. It was delivered Friday.</P> <P>The huge aerolite, par= t of the fall observed in several midwestern states last Feb. 18, had bur= ied itself 11 feet into the soil of a Nebraska farm.</P> <P>Its excavatio= n was completed last Wednesday by a group of scientists which included Dr= . Lincoln La Paz and Douglass M. Gragg of the University of New Mexico's = institute of meteoritics; Dr. Frederick C. Leonard, University of Califor= nia astronomy professor and search associate of the New Mexico institute;= and three members of the University of Nebraska state museum staff - Dr.= Bertrand Schultz, Allar Graffham and Morris Mendenhall.</P> <P> </P= > <P>To Be Cut In Two</P> <P> </P> <P>The meteorite will be cut to t= wo here, the larger section remaining at the university and the smaller g= oing to the University of Nebraska.</P> <P>La Paz said the cutting will b= e a delicate process because the stone is "softish....And some of it can = be crushed into a sandy powder between the fingers." It is composed chief= ly of magnesium aluminum silicate, with flecks of nickel-iron and other m= inerals.</P> <P>La Paz described the stone as the main mass of the fall. = He also is authority for the statement it is the biggest meteorite of its= kind yet recovered. This one is an achondritic (stony) meteorite. Larger= metallic ones have been recovered.</P> <P>"More than 1,000 fragments of = weights ranging up to 130 pounds, were recovered by institutefield survey= s in April and May," he said.</P> <P>The stone is "susceptible to water,"= he said, and for that reason the University of Nebraska share will be pe= rmanetnly encased in transparent plastic. The large piece can be safely e= xposed to New Mexico's dry climate, La Paz said.</P></FONT><FONT face=3DA= rial size=3D2></FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a f= ree on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C31D45.ECAC4E50-- Received on Sun 18 May 2003 03:01:05 PM PDT |
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