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Re: catalogue numbers

Hi, Alan & List:

I spoke with Dr. Tom Palmer about your question. He spends a lot of time 
studying Nininger's publications. Here is the good & bad news for you:

Good news -- H. H. Nininger numbered his meteorites exactly like the one you 
have, such as 34.798, 34.1271. He used the first # to represent a certain 
type of meteorites and the second the weight (g). He had over one hundred 
pieces of Canyon Diablo listed in his publication: "The Nininger Collection 
of Meteorites". Because the number on your meteorite is very much like those 
he used on other Canyon Diablo specimens, you may have an authentic Nininger 
specimen! 

Bad news -- the number 34.5182 is not in his book. It could be one piece he 
sold before he published his book. Does it weight 5,182 grams? You can 
contact Tom (1-915-593-1800) for further info.

Paul Liu
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In a message dated 99-11-23 11:08:12 EST, you write:

<< Subj:     catalogue numbers
 Date:  99-11-23 11:08:12 EST
 From:  Alan.Whotton@Brewers.Bass.com (Whotton, Alan (Brewers))
 To:    meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com 
('meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com')
 
    
 I recently saw a specimen of Canyon Diablo that was numbered  34.5182 , I
 was told that it had been collected by or was from the collection of H . H .
 Ninninger . Can anyone identify if this was the method that he used to
 catalogue his finds and if so what the numbers represent .
 
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