[meteorite-list] Nininger's find
From: Matt Morgan <mmorgan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:32 2004 Message-ID: <DJEHIHPEEMGNJLMPFAEIEEMGDAAA.mmorgan_at_mhmeteorites.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C3966F.83AEE7C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I believe this was the Puente Ladron meteorite from New Mexico. I searched there two years ago and found nothing. Well, found alot of cow pies but no space rox. You can read about Nininger's account of Puente Ladron in his Published Papers. Basically he found it while eating a sandwich. If you read the account it talks about the area as flat with few rocks. He paces off his find a given distance from a fire ring and bridge. We found the fire ring when we were there some 50 years later! The bridge he speaks of is still there as well. The area is an alluvial terrace. My guess is that the stone was transported out of the Rio Puerco (river) which is adjacent to the site. Last time I checked the piece was listed in his collection, which went to Max Planck years later. Matt Morgan -----Original Message----- From: meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com]On Behalf Of JPBrockets_at_aol.com Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 3:27 PM To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Nininger's find Hello List: I remember reading that Nininger found a small meteorite by a stream. If I am not mistaken, this is the only piece that he had found himself. What ever happened to this piece?? Juris Breikss jpbrockets_at_aol.com ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C3966F.83AEE7C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=3D366242900-20102003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2>I=20 believe this was the Puente Ladron meteorite from New Mexico. I = searched=20 there two years ago and found nothing. Well, found alot of cow pies but = no space=20 rox. You can read about Nininger's account of Puente Ladron in his = Published Papers. Basically he found it while eating a = sandwich.<BR>If you=20 read the account it talks about the area as flat with few rocks. He = paces off=20 his find a given distance from a fire ring and bridge. We found the fire = ring=20 when we were there some 50 years later! The bridge he speaks of is = still=20 there as well.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D366242900-20102003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2>The=20 area is an alluvial terrace. My guess is that the stone was=20 transported out of the Rio Puerco (river) which is adjacent to the=20 site. Last time I checked the piece was listed in his collection, = which=20 went to Max Planck years later.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D366242900-20102003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2>Matt=20 Morgan</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT = face=3DTahoma=20 size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>=20 meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 [mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com]<B>On Behalf Of=20 </B>JPBrockets_at_aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 19, 2003 3:27=20 PM<BR><B>To:</B> = meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com<BR><B>Subject:</B>=20 [meteorite-list] Nininger's find<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT=20 face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT lang=3D0 face=3D"Futura Lt BT" = color=3D#408080 size=3D3=20 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF">Hello List:<BR><BR>I remember reading that = Nininger found a=20 small meteorite by a stream. If I am not mistaken, this is the = only=20 piece that he had found himself.<BR><BR>What ever happened to this=20 piece??<BR><BR>Juris Breikss<BR>jpbrockets_at_aol.com</FONT>=20 </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C3966F.83AEE7C0-- Received on Sun 19 Oct 2003 08:33:39 PM PDT |
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