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dc.creatorAmerican Meteorite Museum
dc.creatorNininger, Harvey Harlow, 1887-
dc.creatorNininger, Addie D.
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-12T18:10:09Z
dc.date.available2024-02-12T18:10:09Z
dc.date.issued1905-05-03
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/63079
dc.descriptionCatalog that features the Cedar and Mart meteorites on pages 42 and 71.
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 literature folder
dc.subjectMeteorite
dc.subjectFayette County meteorite
dc.subjectFayette County (Tex.)
dc.subjectNininger, Harvey Harlow
dc.subjectCedar meteorite
dc.subjectMart meteorite
dc.subjectNininger, Addie D.
dc.titleThe Nininger Collection of Meteorites: A Catalog and A History
dc.typeDocument
dc.description.transcriptionThe Nininger Collection of Meteorites A Catalog and A History By H. H. NININGER, M.A., D.Sc. and ADDIE D. NININGER A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN METEORITE MUSEUM Winslow, Arizona 1950 CARLTON, Hamilton County, Texas Syn: Carleton-Hamilton; Hamiton County Found 1887 Iron., Fine octahedrite Total known weight, 81.4 kg. (179.3 16.) Specimen: 35a Slice 1305 grams CASAS GRANDES, Chihuahua, Mexico Syn: Chihuahua Recognized 1867 Iron. Medium octahedrite Total known weight, 1,549 kg. (3,407.8 lb.) Specimen: 36? Slab 658 grams CASTALIA, Nash County, North Carolina Fell 1874, May 14, 2:30 P.M. Stone. Brecciated grey bronzite-chondrite Total known weight, 7.3 kg. (16.06 1b.) Specimen: 347.1 End piece 28 grams CAVOUR, Beadle County, South Dakota Recognized 1941 Stone. Chondrite with metallic veins Total known weight, 21.3 kg. (47 1b.) Specimen: 504.1 Slice 118.8 grams CEDAR, Smith County, Kansas Syn: Smith County Lat. 39° 40° N., Long. 98° 53* W. Found 1937 Stone. Black chondrite Total known weight, 4.9 kg. (1.08 1b.) Specimen: 408.1 Main mass 3960 grams CEDAR, Fayette County, Texas Found 1900 Stone. Veined spherical chondrite Total known weight, 14 kg. (30.8 1b.) Specimen: 20a Slice 563 grams CENTRAL MISSOURI Found about 1855 Iron. Coarsest octahedrite Total known weight, 25 kg. (55 lb.) Specimen: 304.1 Slice 981 grams CHAINPUR, Azamgarh district, United Provinces. India Fell 1907, May 9, 1:30 P.M. Stone. Spherical chondrite Total known weight, 8.2 kg. (18 1b.) Specimen: 424.1 Fragment with crust 91 grams *CHAMBERLIN. Dallam County, Texas Lat. 36° 12' N., Long. 102° 27' W. Found 1941 Stone. Crystalline spherical chondrite Total known weight, 2.43 kg. (5.35 1b.) Specimens: 474.1 Main mass 1.078 grams 474.4 Individual 1.072 grams MARJALAHTI, Viborg. Finland Fell 1902, June 1, 10:00 P.M. Pallasite Total known weight, 45 kg. (99 1b.) Specimens: 200a Fragment, polished 137 200b grams Olivine 10 grams MARSHALL COUNTY, Kentucky Described 1860 Iron. Medium octahedrite Total known weight, 6.9 kg. (15.18 1b.) Specimen: 292a Slice 401 grams *MARSLAND, Dawes County, Nebraska Lat. 42° 27' N., Long. 103° 18° W. Found 1933. August Stone. Crystalline spherical chondrite Total known weight, 4.6 kg. (9.2 lb.) Specimens: 192a Main mass 1047 grams 192.4 Slice 122.6 grams MART, MeLennan County, Texas Found 1898 Iron. Finest octahedrite Total known weight, 7.2 kg. (15.75 1b.) Specimen: 82a Slice 473 grams MAZAPIL, Zacatecas, Mexico Fell 1885, November 27, 9:00 P.M. Iron. Medium octahedrite Total known weight, 4 kg. (8.8 1b.) Specimen: 497.1 Thin slice 2.6 grams MBOSI, Rungwe district. Tanganyika Territory, Africa Syn: M'Bozi; Tanganyika Found 1930 Iron. Medium octahedrite Total known weight (estimate), 27 tons Specimen: 179a Etched fragment 475 grams *MELROSE, Curry County, New Mexico Lat. 34° 26' N Long. 103° 38' W. Found 1933, February Stone. Chondrite Total known weight, 36.4 kg. (80 1b.) Specimen: 174a Main mass 21630 grams MERCEDITAS, Chañaral, Atacama, Chile Found 1884 Iron. Medium octahedrite Total known weight, 42.8 kg. (94.16 Ib.) Specimen: 188a Slice 256 grams MEZO-MADARAS. Transylvania Syn: Fekete; Maros Fell 1852, September 4, 4:30 p.M. Stone. Brecciated grey hypersthene-chondrite Total known weight, 22.7 kg. (49.9 1b.) Specimens : 340.1 Fragment 43.4 grams 340.2 Slice 36 grams 340.3 Thick block 114 grams


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