[meteorite-list] Wichita meteorite makes local paper

From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:53 2004
Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV98q0xrbfuYZ000224d8_at_hotmail.com>

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Hello list,

I sent out a press release on Tuesday on the Wichita meteorite, to all th=
e local medias. After no press calls on Tuesday I took off across the s=
tate yesterday only to come home to find 53 calls on my caller ID. I le=
ft contact information for me and Jerry Calvert, a local who some of you =
know a little. It was only with Jerry I was able to get the Kansas Meteo=
rite Society off the ground. So after posting, 100-200? meteorite newspa=
per reports to this list, I can now post an article I had a lot to do wit=
h....



Traveler from the heavens

A meteorite discovered in a Sedgwick County wheat field in 1971 is on dis=
play today.

BY BECCY TANNER

The Wichita Eagle


Jerry Calvert is eager to show folks one well-traveled rock. As a meteor,=
 it flew in outer space for maybe 2 million years or so. It fell from the=
 sky and was discovered by Bud Scott on Aug. 17, 1971, in his wheatfield,=
 three miles east of Wichita.
Then it was purchased, and it traveled to Japan.
Now, Calvert -- co-founder of the Kansas Meteorite Society -- has purchas=
ed the five-pound rock and returned it to Sedgwick County.
Today and Friday, the public can see the meteorite from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. =
at Fire Equipment Co., 123 S. Osage.
"It's the only recovered meteorite for Sedgwick County," Calvert said.
He hopes the Sedgwick County meteorite -- which he wants to have named "T=
he Wichita Meteorite" by the Meteorite Nomenclature Committee -- will hel=
p spur awareness and interest in meteorites.
The Wichita meteorite has been identified as a common chondrite, the clas=
sification for the majority of meteorites.
Kansas ranks second behind Texas for the most meteorites found within sta=
te boundaries.
Calvert says the main reason is that some of the most renowned meteorite =
specialists have been born and raised in Kansas.
Harvey Nininger, the most famous meteorite hunter of all time, was born i=
n Conway Springs and taught at McPherson College. Lincoln La Paz, who fou=
nded the Institute of Meteorites at the University of New Mexico, was bor=
n in Wichita and attended Wichita State University.
When Nininger died in 1986, he was considered the most prolific meteorite=
 collector of the 20th century. He was the founder of the American Meteor=
ite Laboratory and published 12 books on meteorites.
Calvert says he has a passion for the rocks because "they are composed of=
 the same virgin materials that formed our sun and neighboring planets. T=
hey exist in their original state, unchanged by weathering, erosion, volc=
anism and other planetary forces."
Calvert hopes the viewing of the Wichita meteorite this week will spark i=
nterest in people who either want to know more about the rocks or who may=
 have meteorites they would like to have identified or perhaps sell.
"There is some monetary value in meteorites through universities and priv=
ate collectors," Calvert said.

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<HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Hello list,</D=
IV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>I sent out a press release on&nbsp;Tuesday on =
the Wichita meteorite, to all the local medias.&nbsp;&nbsp; After no pres=
s calls on&nbsp;Tuesday I took off across the state yesterday only to com=
e home to find 53 calls on my caller ID.&nbsp;&nbsp; I left contact infor=
mation for me and Jerry Calvert, a local who some of you know&nbsp;a litt=
le.&nbsp; It was only with Jerry I was able to get the Kansas Meteorite S=
ociety off the ground.&nbsp; So after posting, 100-200? meteorite newspap=
er reports to this list, I can now post an article I had a lot to do with=
...</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV> <H=
1><FONT size=3D2>Traveler from the heavens</FONT></H1><IMG height=3D5 src=
=3D"http://www.kansas.com/images/common/spacer.gif" width=3D1><BR><B><SPA=
N class=3Ddeck>A meteorite discovered in a Sedgwick County wheat field in=
 1971 is on display today.</SPAN></B><BR><IMG height=3D10 src=3D"http://w=
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as.com/images/common/spacer.gif" width=3D1><BR><B><SPAN class=3Dcreditlin=
e>The Wichita Eagle</SPAN></B><BR><IMG height=3D1 src=3D"http://www.kansa=
s.com/images/common/spacer.gif" width=3D1><BR><SPAN class=3Dbody-content>=
<!-- begin body-content --> <P>Jerry Calvert is eager to show folks one w=
ell-traveled rock. As a meteor, it flew in outer space for maybe 2 millio=
n years or so. It fell from the sky and was discovered by Bud Scott on Au=
g. 17, 1971, in his wheatfield, three miles east of Wichita.</P> <P>Then =
it was purchased, and it traveled to Japan.</P> <P>Now, Calvert -- co-fou=
nder of the Kansas Meteorite Society -- has purchased the five-pound rock=
 and returned it to Sedgwick County.</P> <P>Today and Friday, the public =
can see the meteorite from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Fire Equipment Co., 123 S.=
 Osage.</P> <P>"It's the only recovered meteorite for Sedgwick County," C=
alvert said.</P> <P>He hopes the Sedgwick County meteorite -- which he wa=
nts to have named "The Wichita Meteorite" by the Meteorite Nomenclature C=
ommittee -- will help spur awareness and interest in meteorites.</P> <P>T=
he Wichita meteorite has been identified as a common chondrite, the class=
ification for the majority of meteorites.</P> <P>Kansas ranks second behi=
nd Texas for the most meteorites found within state boundaries.</P> <P>Ca=
lvert says the main reason is that some of the most renowned meteorite sp=
ecialists have been born and raised in Kansas.</P> <P>Harvey Nininger, th=
e most famous meteorite hunter of all time, was born in Conway Springs an=
d taught at McPherson College. Lincoln La Paz, who founded the Institute =
of Meteorites at the University of New Mexico, was born in Wichita and at=
tended Wichita State University.</P> <P>When Nininger died in 1986, he wa=
s considered the most prolific meteorite collector of the 20th century. H=
e was the founder of the American Meteorite Laboratory and published 12 b=
ooks on meteorites.</P> <P>Calvert says he has a passion for the rocks be=
cause "they are composed of the same virgin materials that formed our sun=
 and neighboring planets. They exist in their original state, unchanged b=
y weathering, erosion, volcanism and other planetary forces."</P> <P>Calv=
ert hopes the viewing of the Wichita meteorite this week will spark inter=
est in people who either want to know more about the rocks or who may hav=
e meteorites they would like to have identified or perhaps sell.</P> <P>"=
There is some monetary value in meteorites through universities and priva=
te collectors," Calvert said.</SPAN></P></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>&nb=
sp;</DIV></BODY></HTML>

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