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dc.date.accessioned2024-02-12T18:11:56Z
dc.date.available2024-02-12T18:11:56Z
dc.date.issued1958-09-12
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/63242
dc.descriptionLetter to Porter Rankin about having the meteorites and paying $30 for them and inquiring about the meteorite from Fort Stockton.
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, Fort Stockton, Pecos Co., TX folder
dc.subjectMeteorite
dc.subjectFort Stockton meteorite
dc.subjectFort Stockton (Tex.)
dc.subjectNininger, Harvey Harlow
dc.subjectHereford meteorite
dc.subjectHereford (Tex.)
dc.subjectRankin, Porter
dc.titleCorrespondence from Oscar E. Monnig to Porter Rankin, September 12, 1958
dc.typeDocument
dc.description.transcription1958, Sep. 12. Mr. Porter Rankin, P.O. Box 1024, Midland, Texas. Dear Mr. Rankin: The meteorites arrived in good condition. I will take them at your offer of $30.00 and check is enclosed. The small stone is from the Plainview, Texas, fall. When you mentioned Hereford, I thought maybe you meant Adrian, because Nininger found a meteorite near Adrian which is sometimes referred to or known as coming from near Hereford. The Plainview fall was actually a very prolific one from which he retrieved over 900 stones, but I am still satisfied in acquiring another little specimen to add to some larger ones I already have from the same group. I want to bother you for all the additional Information I can get on the one found some 56 miles south of Fort Stockton. I know of no reported mete orite [meteorite] locality In that district except an iron Nininger lists from near Sanderson, and I would like to fasted this one down more closely and get any history still available on it. Your kind help in answering the attached queries as best you can will be much appreciated. Sincerely,


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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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