Newspaper article on the Forestburg, Montague County MeteoriteShow simple item record
| dc.creator | Fort Worth Star-Telegram | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-12T18:11:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-02-12T18:11:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | n.d. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/63158 | |
| dc.description | Newspaper article of unknown newspaper detailing how the meteorite was found. | |
| dc.relation | Oscar Monnig Papers (MS 124) | |
| dc.rights | Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph. | |
| dc.source | Series III, Box 06, Forestburg, Montague Co., TX folder | |
| dc.subject | Meteorite | |
| dc.subject | Forestburg meteorite | |
| dc.subject | Forestburg (Tex.) | |
| dc.subject | Fort Worth Star-Telegram | |
| dc.title | Newspaper article on the Forestburg, Montague County Meteorite | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dc.description.transcription | SCOTT AND METEORITE … it was too heavy. Montague Meteorite to Be Displayed in Ft. Worth A 58 1/2-pound meteorite has been found near Forestburg in Montague County and soon will be on display at the Fort Worth Children’s Museum. The stone, only about 10 inches in diameter at the thickest place, was found by Blake D. Scott. Scott, who does road maintenance work, noticed the meteorite when the blade of his grader struck it at the side of a road six miles west of Forestburg. The stone was darker in color than the light sandy soil of the road. Scott lifted it, found it surprisingly heavy, and took it home. Later, Mrs. H. R. Wilson of Forestburg tentatively identified it as a meteorite. Oscar Monnig, Fort Worth amateur astronomer and meteorite specialist, confirmed the identification. Monnig said the meteorite probably fell hundreds or thousands of years ago. It is the first to be found in Montague County. The meteorite is classed as a chondrite. Most stony meteorites belong to that classification. A characteristic is the presence of chondrules, rounded particles of silicate materials, inside the fragments. |
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Records of the Monnig Meteorite Gallery [1905]
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