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dc.creatorMonnig, Oscar
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-25T16:15:09Z
dc.date.available2024-01-25T16:15:09Z
dc.date.issued1965-11-09
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/61901
dc.descriptionLetter from Oscar Monnig to Brian Mason (of the American Museum of Natural History) sending him a sample of the Cranfills Gap to be used for classificational purposes. Provides a brief history of the meteorite, and asks after Mason's work down in Australia. Includes stapled on handwritten notecard on the Cranfills Gap meteorite, including size and weight.
dc.relationOscar Monnig Papers (MS 124)
dc.rightsPrior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph.
dc.sourceSeries III, Box 05, Cranfills Gap – HV Schulz, 1960-1984 folder
dc.subjectMeteorite
dc.subjectCranfills Gap meteorite
dc.subjectCranfills Gap (Tex.)
dc.subjectH6 chondrite
dc.subjectSchulz, Herbert V.
dc.subjectMason, Brian
dc.subjectAmerican Museum of Natural History
dc.subjectHenderson, Edward P.
dc.subjectTektites
dc.subjectMeteoritical Society
dc.titleLetter from Oscar Monnig to Brian Mason (November 9, 1965) with Notecard on Cranfills Gap Meteorite
dc.typeDocument
dc.description.transcriptionCranfills Gap Texas - fragment of main mass 16 lbs 2 oz piece taken off by brother 2-3 lbs? cut piece 7 oz? polished this fragment 24.7 gm from HV Schulz Midland Texas 10/21/65


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