[meteorite-list] Nininger's find
From: Steve Schoner <steve_schoner_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:32 2004 Message-ID: <20031020140800.28673.qmail_at_web12706.mail.yahoo.com> --0-946433157-1066658880=:28380 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii This one is also at ASU. It was cut and it is a very nice solid meteorite. Interesting story too. He had stopped for a call of nature, at least that I what I remember him telling me, and found it. He gave me the exact locaton of this find, and I searched the area carefully but found nothing more. Big sand dunes there, and this piece probably washed out of them. Steve Schoner/ams Walter Branch <branchw_at_bellsouth.net> wrote: Hi Juris, Matt and Everyone, Nininger talks about this find on page 142-143 of Find a Falling Star. The date was May 17, 1944. He also points out that this was the "first of only two that I came across in the course of my habitual scouting wherever I might be, and in areas where no meteorites previously were known to have fallen." His second find was in Cottonwood, Arizona, about 10 years later. -Walter ------------------------------------------ www.branchmeteorites.com Walter Branch, Ph.D. Branch Meteorites PO Box 60492 Savannah, GA 31420 ----- Original Message ----- From: Matt Morgan To: JPBrockets_at_aol.com ; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 8:33 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Nininger's find I believe this was the Puente Ladron meteorite from New Mexico. I searched there two years ago and found nothing. Well, found alot of cow pies but no space rox. You can read about Nininger's account of Puente Ladron in his Published Papers. Basically he found it while eating a sandwich. If you read the account it talks about the area as flat with few rocks. He paces off his find a given distance from a fire ring and bridge. We found the fire ring when we were there some 50 years later! The bridge he speaks of is still there as well. The area is an alluvial terrace. My guess is that the stone was transported out of the Rio Puerco (river) which is adjacent to the site. Last time I checked the piece was listed in his collection, which went to Max Planck years later. Matt Morgan -----Original Message----- From: meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-admin@meteoritecentral.com]On Behalf Of JPBrockets@aol.com Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 3:27 PM To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Nininger's find Hello List: I remember reading that Nininger found a small meteorite by a stream. If I am not mistaken, this is the only piece that he had found himself. What ever happened to this piece?? Juris Breikss jpbrockets_at_aol.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search --0-946433157-1066658880=:28380 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <DIV>This one is also at ASU. It was cut and it is a very nice solid meteorite. Interesting story too. He had stopped for a call of nature, at least that I what I remember him telling me, and found it. He gave me the exact locaton of this find, and I searched the area carefully but found nothing more. Big sand dunes there, and this piece probably washed out of them.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Steve Schoner/ams<BR><BR><B><I>Walter Branch <branchw_at_bellsouth.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Juris, Matt and Everyone,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nininger talks about this find on page 142-143 of Find a Falling Star. The date was May 17, 1944. He also points out that this was the "first of only two that I came across in the course of my habitual scouting wherever I might be, and in areas where no meteorites previously were known to have fallen."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>His second find was in Cottonwood, Arizona, about 10 years later.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Walter</FONT></DIV> <DIV>------------------------------------------<BR><A href="http://www.branchmeteorites.com/">www.branchmeteorites.com</A><BR>Walter Branch, Ph.D.<BR>Branch Meteorites<BR>PO Box 60492<BR>Savannah, GA 31420</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mmorgan_at_mhmeteorites.com href="mailto:mmorgan@mhmeteorites.com">Matt Morgan</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=JPBrockets_at_aol.com href="mailto:JPBrockets@aol.com">JPBrockets@aol.com</A> ; <A title=meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com href="mailto:meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com">meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 19, 2003 8:33 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [meteorite-list] Nininger's find</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=366242900-20102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I believe this was the Puente Ladron meteorite from New Mexico. I searched there two years ago and found nothing. Well, found alot of cow pies but no space rox. You can read about Nininger's account of Puente Ladron in his Published Papers. Basically he found it while eating a sandwich.<BR>If you read the account it talks about the area as flat with few rocks. He paces off his find a given distance from a fire ring and bridge. We found the fire ring when we were there some 50 years later! The bridge he speaks of is still there as well.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=366242900-20102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The area is an alluvial terrace. My guess is that the stone was transported out of the Rio Puerco (river) which is adjacent to the site. Last time I checked the piece was listed in his collection, which went to Max Planck years later.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=366242900-20102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Matt Morgan</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-admin@meteoritecentral.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>JPBrockets@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 19, 2003 3:27 PM<BR><B>To:</B> meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] Nininger's find<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face="Futura Lt BT" color=#408080 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Hello List:<BR><BR>I remember reading that Nininger found a small meteorite by a stream. If I am not mistaken, this is the only piece that he had found himself.<BR><BR>What ever happened to this piece??<BR><BR>Juris Breikss<BR>jpbrockets@aol.com</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><p><hr SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<br> <a href="http://shopping.yahoo.com/?__yltc=s%3A150000443%2Cd%3A22708228%2Cslk%3Atext%2Csec%3Amail">The New Yahoo! Shopping</a> - with improved product search --0-946433157-1066658880=:28380-- Received on Mon 20 Oct 2003 10:08:00 AM PDT |
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