Fw: [meteorite-list] Oroville California, Iron.

From: Jose Campos <josecamposcomet_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:55 2004
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Hi List,
According to the Catalogue of Meteorites, BM(NH), the Oroville 54 lb iron
was found in 1893 at Butte County, Calif. and it gives the following
coordinates: 39 deg 41' N 121 deg 38' W. mentioning that it was found 10
miles N of Oroville, according to O.C.Farrington, Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci.
Washington, 1915, 13, p.345. The Catalogue also reports its main mass of 46
lb to be at San Francisco Acad. Sci.; a 401gr at US Nat Mus. Washington; a
315g in Chicago's Field Mus. Nat Hist. and a 281g at NY Amer. Mus. Nat
Hist.;
Outside of the USA: There is a 117g piece at Vienna Naturhist. Mus. and 2
other pieces of 308g and 62g both at the British Museum of Nat. Hist.
José Campos

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> > From the local historical archives, here are a few
> > extra notes on the Oroville iron. It was seen to fall
> > at the turn of the century, early 1900's.
>
> Hi Bill and List,
>
> Some confusion here about Oroville. According to Vagn Buchwald,
> a mass of 54 pounds (24.5 kg) was ploughed up in 1893 by C.E.
> Bloomfield 10 miles north of Oroville and the first brief and incomplete
> notes on this IIIAB iron were published by Bement in 1894 and Brezina
> in 1896!
>
> Regards,
>
> Bernd
>
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