[meteorite-list] Meteorite May Have Fallen In Maryland

From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:11 2004
Message-ID: <3C7E73DC.19CF231A_at_lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>

Ron Baalke informed the List:

> http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-te.md.meteor28feb28.story?coll=bal%2Dlocal%2Dheadlines

> 'Falling star' may have fallen in Md.


Hm!? Looks like a NWA at first sight
but it's just a photo, no more no less :-(

> A 1-pound iron meteorite was found near Emmittsburg, in Frederick County, in
> 1854. Another, weighing almost 3 pounds, was plowed up in Garrett County, near
> Lonaconing, in 1888.

There has been some confusion about the Emmitsburg IIIAB iron. Both
Buchwald and the Catalogue state that the Shrewsbury IAB iron was found
in Pennsylvania. But, on p. 565 of his trilogy, Buchwald writes that
"Shrewsbury was found in Maryland". The reason for this confusion is
that there is a place called Shrewsbury both in Maryland and in
Pennsylvania (actually, there are nine Shrewsburys in the USA :-)


Best wishes,

Bernd
Received on Thu 28 Feb 2002 01:15:56 PM PST