[meteorite-list] original rosamond

From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:30:01 2004
Message-ID: <20030930011539.41182.qmail_at_web80507.mail.yahoo.com>

I agree with Mike.
Let's get any corrections or revisions in to him and
his brother so that the next version of "A to Z" will
be even better than the last one. In the meanwhile,
let's continue to refer to the "5th Edition" of the
Catalogue of Meteorites should we run into any
contradictions or discrepancies.

We've got Mike pretty much up-to-date on California
and Nevada meteorites. But some of the information he
can't use, yet, because it hasn't been published.
Can't "reference" this information if it isn't
published, yet. So even though I got the 'original
Rosamond' classified at UCLA, I've been unsuccessful
at getting that classification entered into the
Meteoritical Bulletin. My task to get this updated
information into the Catalogue requires that I get
over that hurdle first.

One more thing - "the Pomona Collection"...
This is an old name that I purposely avoid using,
because the proximity of Cal Poly Pomona to Pomona
College can cause confusion. Also, Pomona College is
only one of 8 or more schools that make up the
"Claremont Colleges". In truth, Claremont College
didn't lose the Rosamond Meteorite, because this
Consortium didn't even exit at that time. When it was
lost, the meteorite was in a collection which resided
in Pomona College, which is in Claremont, California.
I find the term, "Claremont Colleges Collection" to be
less confusing.

The Claremont Colleges:

http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/about/colleges.asp


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Hi Steve and List
Thought I would clear up a little confusion over where
I found the TKW for Rosamond Dry Lake. I originally
used the Blue Book-4th edition Catalogue of
Meteorites as the source of all the information I had
for the listed meteorites in the front of our book
Meteorites from A to Z. It was the most current at the

time. Unfortunately it did not list a weight. I was
able to find a weight in the Catalog of Meteorites in
the Collection ASU of 400 grams and did include it
as well as a reference.
Today I did look up one of the references listed by
Grady Catalogue of Meteorites 5th ed. The reference is
from Contributions of the Meteoritical Society
Vol. 4, No 1, 1947 Leonard "A Catalog of the Meteorite
Falls of the Eleven Western States" p. 60. The weight
listed in there is 850 grams. The reference also
lists that the mass is in the Pomona Collection.
You also might want to check out Bob V's page about
the recently recovered Rosamond Dry Lake stone that
weighs 875 grams. So the new TKW is 1725 grams. <A
HREF="http://meteorite-recovery.tripod.com/rosamond/rozmond1.htm">
Bolide*chaser | Rosamond Dry Lake Trip - 2003 January
19</A>
BTW I have been working on updating the book. There
will be several changes and corrections as well as
including all the newly recognized meteorites since
the last edition. If you have any corrections,
additions, changes or other items you would like to
see addressed please send the non Sahara stuff to me
or the Sahara to my brother Bill at
meteorchsr_at_aol.com. Can't promise we will include it
in the book but we will certainly try to add all
verifiable information that is sent in.
So please include some references where possible.

Mike

Mike Jensen
Bill Jensen
Jensen Meteorites
16730 E Ada PL
Aurora, CO 80017-3137
303-337-4361
Web Site: <A
HREF="http://jensenmeteorites.com/">Jensen
Meteorites</A>





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