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>Hi,
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>does anybody know, where to find a list of the HUSS Collection numbers?
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>or to identify a sample with the Huss number? (Hxxx.xx)
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>thank you and best regards
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>Harald
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>Harald Stehlik
>Vienna
>AUSTRIA
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>email: Harald.Stehlik@sea.ericsson.se
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For the most part, Huss followed his father-in-law's numbering system,
but as you noted making the distinction of having an "H" at the
start of the sequence.
However, there is a least one Nininger meteorite that starts with an
"H" and those were speimens of the Holbrook fall that he collected
in 1931. I have one from Nininger that is marked "H69" that is the
69th Holbrook that he personally found. Otherwise all of his Holbrooks
are marked 57.xxx with the "xxx" numbers being the number of pieces
from that fall in his collecton, or separated from his collection.
Unfortunately, I did not ask Nininger why he marked the Holbrooks he
found with "H" and a number, but I suspect that it was done to
distinguish his finds from those #57's in his collection that were
1912 recoveries.
Huss carried on Nininger's numbering system with his first collection,
but used (inconsitantly at first) an "H" at the start.
Also, should you have a label with the specimen if the header says:
AMERICAN METEORITE MUSEUM,
then it is Nininger's, and collected before 1961.
If the label says:
American Meteorite Laboratory,
then it is probably Huss's, though for the years after 1961 Nininger and
Huss worked together. Some of these pieces will start with an "H" and
others will not.
One of the best sources for identifying the Ninninger-Huss numbers, is
the _CATALOG OF METEORITES In the Collections Of ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY_
The majority of Nininger's collection went to ASU in 1961, and they still
carry on the Nininger numbering system.
This catalog is a great resource, and can be obtained from The Center For
Meteorite Studies; Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287.
I do not know the current price.
Steve Schoner
AMERICAN METEORITE SURVEY
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