[meteorite-list] RE: Lafayette-a possible fall?

From: E.P. Grondine <epgrondine_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:37:36 2004
Message-ID: <20001219224640.26994.qmail_at_web11604.mail.yahoo.com>

Has anyone out there tried contacting the Purdue
Alumni Affairs office? It seems to me that might be a
good place to start -

EP

--- Matt Morgan <mmorgan_at_mhmeteorites.com> wrote:
>
> What would it take to change the status of Lafayette
> from a find to a FALL?
> Seems most of the evidence is there. Would one have
> to present the evidence
> at the MetSoc Meeting?? There are some listings in
> the Catalog that are
> labeled as falls, but are questionable.
> ----------
> Matt Morgan
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> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lafayette-a possible
> fall?
>
>
> On Mon, 18 December 2000, Robert Verish wrote:
>
> >
> > Dear Bernd & List
> >
> > When I retell the Lafayette meteorite story to
> people
> > that have not heard it before, very often I get
> asked
> > the question, "What exactly do the records for the
> > collection at the University say about who donated
> > this specimen? What does the curator for the
> > collection remember about how the specimen was
> > acquired?"
> >
> > Does anybody have a detailed answer to these
> > questions, or did these questions prove to be too
> > embarrassing to the University and they never got
> > documented in detail?
> >
> > Bob V.
> >
>
> Unfortunately,
>
> The curator at the time is long since deceased, but
> I do recall my
> conversation with Nininger on this meteorite after I
> had acquired my .87
> gram sample of it. He had spoken to the curator at
> the time, and the story
> came from him.
>
> Certain is the fact that this meteorite is perfectly
> oriented, and is
> absolutely fresh with all of the weathering in its
> matrix attributed to the
> martian environment.
>
> It is also distinct in composition from Nakhla.
>
> As for the story of its fall and find, Nininger was
> inclined to believe it--
> and that is good enough for me.
>
> Steve Schoner, AMS
>
>
>
> > ================================================
> > Message: 18
> > Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 01:07:24 +0100
> > From: Bernd Pauli HD
> > To: mmorgan_at_mhmeteorites.com
> > Cc: Meteorite-List
> >
> > Subject: Re:[meteorite-list] Lafayette-a possible
> > fall?
> >
> > Matt Morgan schrieb:
> >
> > > Not long ago, I remember reading somewhere that
> the
> > > Nakhlite Lafayette may have been a witnessed
> fall.
> > > However, I cannot seem to find the reference! An
> > > old Nininger pub comes to mind, but I am drawing
> a
> > > blank. Can someone help me out? I know this
> stone
> > was
> > > unharmed while on earth, but does show signs
> > > of ET weathering. Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> > Hi Matt and List,
> >
> > S t e v e S c h o n e r posted this to the List
> in
> > Apr 1999!
> >
> > The Published Papers of H.H. Nininger: pp.
> 247-251.
> >
> > Nothing is known regarding the time at which this
> > remarkable meteorite fell, but its fresh
> appearance
> > renders it practically certain that it had not
> lain on
> > the earth for a very long time before it was
> picked up
> > and protected against abuses of a mechanical
> nature.
> > The story is told that a colored student of Purdue
> > University reported that a number of years ago
> while
> > fishing at the edge of a little lake he was
> frightened
> > by the falling of a stone at a distance of only a
> few
> > feet from him.
> > This stone he later dug from the soft mud and
> found it
> > to be "shaped just like a "corn pone" and of about
> the
> > same size. For a time he preserved the stone. It
> was
> > thought that he had brought it to the University,
> but
> > these reports have not been substantiated for the
> > reason that the person could not be located.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Bernd
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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