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dc.creatorFort Worth Star-Telegram
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-12T18:11:06Z
dc.date.available2024-02-12T18:11:06Z
dc.date.issuedn.d.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/63158
dc.descriptionNewspaper article of unknown newspaper detailing how the meteorite was found.
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, Forestburg, Montague Co., TX folder
dc.subjectMeteorite
dc.subjectForestburg meteorite
dc.subjectForestburg (Tex.)
dc.subjectFort Worth Star-Telegram
dc.titleNewspaper article on the Forestburg, Montague County Meteorite
dc.typeArticle
dc.description.transcriptionSCOTT 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 [2825]
    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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