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dc.creatorAstronomer, Associates
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-12T18:10:59Z
dc.date.available2024-02-12T18:10:59Z
dc.date.issuedn.d.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/63144
dc.descriptionNewspaper article clipping covering two of the meteorites from Oscar Monnig's collection being put on display in the TCU Science Building.
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, Fluvanna, Scurry Co., TX folder
dc.subjectMeteorite
dc.subjectFluvanna meteorite
dc.subjectFluvanna (Tex.)
dc.subjectTexas Christian University (TCU)
dc.titleLarge Meteorites Put on Display in TCU Building
dc.typeArticle
dc.description.transcriptionON DISPLAY - Astronomer Oscar Monnig, right, is pointing out the characteristics of two meteorites to Dr. Henry Hardy, chairman of the chemistry department of TCU. The meteorites are on display in the university’s Science Building. By Astronomer, Associates Large Meteorites Put on Display in TCU Building Two large meteorites, on long-term loan from the collection of Astronomer Oscar Monnig and associates of Fort Worth, are being exhibited in the Science Building of TCU. The larger, which weighs 258 pounds, was found in 1937 near Fluvanna in Scurry County. The second, which weighs 163 pounds and which I 98 per cent pure iron, is from the famed Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona. Monnig said the Fluvanna find was made by a farmer, Ira Drum, half buried in the grass near the Scurry-Garza County line. In going into its interesting history, Monnig relates that H. M. O’Brien of Comanche, a real “rock hound,” trued to purchase the meteorite from Drum, but the latter refuse to sell for $60 - all the money the trucker had. However, the two finally agreed on the price when Drum’s mother-in-law broke the ice with: “Two fools have really met. One’s a fool for offering that kind of money for a rock and the other’s a bigger fool for not taking it!” Monnig said the meteorite finally was purchased by his group for about $1 a pound - “the standard price these days.” The Barring Meteor Crater discovery came as early as 1891 Monnig has stated. The 163-pound meteorite on display was brought in by a farm woman, Mrs. C. J. Kierum, after a $50 prize was offered for the best specimen. 


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  • Records of the Monnig Meteorite Gallery [2678]
    The files are arranged alphabetically, usually according to the location of discovery of the meteorite. The files contain correspondence and research material on the meteorites in the collection.

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