[meteorite-list] 1937 Newspaper Article, Describing Two Canadian Meteorites?

From: Mark Fox <unclefireballmtf_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:08:21 2004
Message-ID: <20020905223220.94380.qmail_at_web14905.mail.yahoo.com>

Sept. 5, 2002

Greetings Mr. Mark Bostick, Bernd, and Fellow
Meteorite Enthusiasts!

I too would like to thank Mark for his arduous efforts
in gleaning those meteoritic newspaper articles! A
cross between a chore and a some entertaining
detective work, I am sure!

Nevertheless, I am a bit puzzled by the article. Were
there two individuals collected from the fall or is
the author(s) referring to a different meteorite when
they stated:

"A second meteorite recently received by the
Smithsonian institution is the only one of its kind
known to exist. It consists of the mineral known
as Chiadnite, in a form different from that recorded
for any previously known meteorite."

Long strewn fields!

Mark Fox
Newaygo, MI USA

  
--- MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_msn.com> wrote:
>
>
> Paper: La Porte City Progress
> Location: La Porte City, IA
> Date: Thursday, August 26 1937
> Page: 4?
>
> (Meteorite on Ice story also ran in the Lime Spring
> Herald (Lime Springs,
> IA) the same day.)
>
> Meteorite on Ice Served to Smithsonian Institution
>
> Washington. - A stone from the sky, found on
> the ice near Great Bear
> Lake in northern Canada, has been added to the
> Smithsonian institution
> collection of meteorites. An Indian picked it up,
> wondering at its
> perculiar form and the fact that it was lying there
> on top of the ice, and
> brought it to the nearest mission.
> The meteorite is about the size of a walnut,
> and aside from the
> pecullar circumstances of its discovery is not
> remarkable. It is thought to
> be a fragment of a much larger celestial projectile
> now probably at the
> bottom of the water. Search for the parent body
> will be made next summer.
> A second meteorite recently received by the
> Smithsonian institution is
> the only one of its kind known to exist. It
> consists of the mineral known
> as Chiadnite, in a form different from that recorded
> for any previously
> known meteorite.



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Received on Thu 05 Sep 2002 06:32:20 PM PDT