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dc.creatorMcCoy, Tim (Timothy J.)
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-12T18:09:58Z
dc.date.available2024-02-12T18:09:58Z
dc.date.issued1994-10-16
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/63074
dc.descriptionLetter from Tim McCoy to Virgil E. Barnes inquiring about the state of the Bluff meteorite sample and Native Americans' relationship with tektites.
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 06, Fayette Co., Texas correspondence folder
dc.subjectMeteorite
dc.subjectFayette County meteorite
dc.subjectFayette County (Tex.)
dc.subjectTektites
dc.subjectBluff meteorites
dc.subjectLyndon B. Johnson Space Center
dc.subjectUniversity of Texas
dc.subjectMcCoy, Tim (Timothy J.)
dc.subjectBarnes, Virgil E.
dc.titleCorrespondence from Tim McCoy to Virgil E. Barnes, October 16, 1994
dc.typeDocument
dc.description.transcriptionNATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center Houston, TX 77058 Dr. V.E. Barnes Bureau of Economic Geology Univ. of Texas at Austin Box X Univ. Station Austin, TX 78713-7508 Oct. 16, 1994 Dear Dr. Barnes, My name is Tim McCoy and I am currently working as a postdoctoral fellow at Johnson Space Center. I recently earned my Ph.D. with Klaus Keil at the Univ. of Hawaii. Since moving to Texas, I have been working on meteorites from Fayette County, Texas, with Dr. Art Ehlmann of Texas Christian University. I have also become interested in bediasites. I am writing to ask you a few questions which I thought you might be able to answer. 1. I have examined the Bluff meteorite specimen at the Texas Memorial Museum and noted that it has had two large pieces sawn off of it. The curator at the Museum has no knowledge of the removal of these pieces. However, a sample of Cedar from the Smithsonian is present in the collection with a note that it was received on 2/5/57 on exchange from the Smithsonian. Do you have any knowledge about the removal of these pieces or their final destination. 2. I have examined Oscar Monnig's tektite collection at Texas Christian University. I find it very interesting that none of the tektites show any evidence of having been worked by the Indians which inhabited the region. Yet, these large tektites would have made excellent arrowheads and the Indians must have been aware of them. Alternatively, tektite collections may contain only unaltered tektites, while worked tektites might be contained within arrowhead collections. Do you know of any evidence for the working of tektites by the Native Americans? I realize you are probably quite busy, but I would very much appreciate any insights you might provide about these questions. Thank you in advance for your time and effort. Sincerely, Tim McCoy Code SN4 NASA/Johnson Space Center Houston, TX 77058


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