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Re: Weston

Doran schrieb:

> Brad Sampson wrote:
> >
> >  Does anyone know where i may find a small fragment of the Weston
> > Connecticut meteorite (besides Bethany Sciences)?
> >
> Hi Brad,
>
> NEMS has micromounts offered in their catalogue.  I think the museum
> at
> Yale houses the main mass. - Ron Fiedler

Hello Ron, hello Brad,

Some references:

SILI.IMAN B. et al. (1809) Memoir on the origin and composition of the
meteoric stones which fell from the atmosphere, in the county of
Fairfield, and state of Connecticut, on the 14th of December, 1807
(Trans. Amer. Philosoph. Soc. 6, 335-345).

BECKER R.H. et al. (1991) Composition of solar wind noble gases released
by surface oxidation of a mineral separate from the Weston meteorite
(Earth Plan.Sci. Lett. 103, 55-68).

SCHULTZ L. et al. (1989) Helium, neon, and argon in meteorites - A data
compilation (Meteoritics 24, 155-172).

SCHULTZ L. et al. (1990) Planetary noble gases in H3- and H4-chondrite
falls (abs. Meteoritics 25, 405-406).

Who's got what:

330 lb. 1.2kg, Tempe, Arizona State Univ. 312g, Chicago, Field Mus. Nat.
Hist. 211g, Harvard Univ. 195g, New York, Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 186g,
Vienna, Naturhist. Mus. 181g, Wash., U.S. Nat.Mus. 90g, Paris,
Mus.d'Hist. Nat., BM London, 170.4g (7 pieces), 888.5g.


Best wishes, Bernd

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