[meteorite-list] NP Article, 8-1948 Norton Meteorite, La Paz and Nininger
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:19 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV63JDx2I5L40000014a2_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0002_01C38842.6548E140 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 22, 1948 Page: 20 University Buys Meteor Fragment NORTON, Kan., AP - The universites of New Mexico and Nebraska have purcha= sed the world's largest fragment of an anchondritic meteorite. The purcha= se price was not disclosed. Dr. Lincoln La Paz of the faculty of New Mexico university announced Satu= rday the two universities obtained the specimen in spirited bidding Frida= y. Dr. H. H. Nininger, director of the American meteorite museum, Winslow= , Ariz., was the opposing bidder. This was the largest of mroe than 1,000 meteorite fragmentsrecovered from= a fall last May 18. Dr. La Paz said excavation of the 1,000 pound fragment, at the bottom of = an eight-foot crater would be completed late Saturday. It will be sent to= the University of New Mexico, he said, where it will sliced with a diamo= nd bit, with half going to each university. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0002_01C38842.6548E140 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= 1> <P>Title: Council Bluffs Nonpareil </P> <P>City: Council Bluffs, Iowa = </P> <P>Date: Sunday, August 22, 1948</P> <P>Page: 20</P></B> <P> </= P> <P>University Buys Meteor Fragment</P> <P> </P> <P>NORTON, Kan., = AP - The universites of New Mexico and Nebraska have purchased the world'= s largest fragment of an anchondritic meteorite. The purchase price was n= ot disclosed.</P> <P>Dr. Lincoln La Paz of the faculty of New Mexico univ= ersity announced Saturday the two universities obtained the specimen in s= pirited bidding Friday. Dr. H. H. Nininger, director of the American mete= orite museum, Winslow, Ariz., was the opposing bidder.</P> <P>This was th= e largest of mroe than 1,000 meteorite fragmentsrecovered from a fall las= t May 18.</P> <P>Dr. La Paz said excavation of the 1,000 pound fragment, = at the bottom of an eight-foot crater would be completed late Saturday. I= t will be sent to the University of New Mexico, he said, where it will sl= iced with a diamond bit, with half going to each university.</P></FONT><B= R><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of = meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0002_01C38842.6548E140-- Received on Wed 01 Oct 2003 06:35:24 PM PDT |
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