Re-2: [meteorite-list] Oroville California, Iron.

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:56 2004
Message-ID: <01e801c37c79$4234cef0$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003>

That is great Frank, this meteorite has alot of history with it and there is
virtually none in private hands.
Mike Farmer
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From: "fcressy" <fcressy_at_prodigy.net>
To: "william anderson" <castlewh1_at_yahoo.com>;
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Cc: <bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de>; "Michael Farmer"
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Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: Re-2: [meteorite-list] Oroville California, Iron.


> Hello Bernd, Bill, Mike and all,
>
> As Paul Harvey would say, I thought I'd add to "the rest of the story".
> Mike had mentioned that the Oroville meteorite survived the 1906
earthquake
> in San Francisco and was recovered from the museum ruins. In the article,
> "The meteorites of California" by C.P. Butler, in the July 1966 issue of
> Mineral Information Service, the author has a short note on the Oroville
> meteorite. It reads:
>
> "Had it not been cut, the Oroville meteorite, sometimes caled the Butte
> meteorite in reference to the county where it was found, might also be
> listed as lost. After the fire and earthquake in 1906, this iron, which
was
> in the mineral collections of the California Academy of Sciences in their
> great museum at 5th and Market Streets, was unaccounted for until
identified
> in 1964. Photographs of slices of the Oroville in the British Museum, the
> Chicago Natural History Museum, and the U.S. National Museum when compared
> with scaled drawings of a cut on an identified meteorite still in the
> collections quickly established its origin. Without those original slices,
> removed in 1893, this specimen could not have been identified."
>
> So, in other words, although the Oroville meteorite was recovered from the
> museum ruins after the earthquake, it was not know what iron it actually
was
> until 1964, when it was compared to known slices in other museums.
>
> Hope some of you found "the rest of the story" interesting.
>
> Regards,
> Frank
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: william anderson <castlewh1_at_yahoo.com>
> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 8:17 AM
> Subject: Re: Re-2: [meteorite-list] Oroville California, Iron.
>
>
> > Hi Bernd, Yes you are right on the date, the near
> > turn of the century should have been just before not
> > just after. I switched something else A Ekman did on
> > both dates that led to my confusion. The site is
> > consistent still. Spring Valley is north of Oroville.
> > Around 1900 Oroville took up mainly 2 blocks, and
> > Spring Valley was seen to be 10 miles out. Nowadays
> > Oroville has had a century of growing, and the town
> > edge is now a lot closer to Spring Valley. I guess it
> > all depends on what time reference you wish to
> > consider. The place is the same though,,
> >
> > regards,, Bill Anderson
> > --- bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de wrote:
> > > > From the local historical archives, here are a few
> > > > extra notes on the Oroville iron. It was seen to
> > > fall
> > > > at the turn of the century, early 1900's.
> > >
> > > Hi Bill and List,
> > >
> > > Some confusion here about Oroville. According to
> > > Vagn Buchwald,
> > > a mass of 54 pounds (24.5 kg) was ploughed up in
> > > 1893 by C.E.
> > > Bloomfield 10 miles north of Oroville and the first
> > > brief and incomplete
> > > notes on this IIIAB iron were published by Bement in
> > > 1894 and Brezina
> > > in 1896!
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Bernd
> > >
> > > To: castlewh1_at_yahoo.com
> > > Cc: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> > >
> >
> >
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