[meteorite-list] NPA 07-20-1977 State of California Sued for OldWoman Meteorite

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Oct 26 12:59:59 2004
Message-ID: <00bb01c4bb7b$c5989820$6401a8c0_at_c1720188a>

Hi List,

This article reminds me of a likely pairing I have to the Old Woman. It was
found next to the Old Woman Mountain range on a dry lake bed called Danby.
The lake bed really isn't all that dry with pockets of mud that can consume
a vehicle. I sent a piece to NAU who determined the bandwidth of my iron
matches that perfectly of the Old Woman Octahedrite. Since my piece was
found at a lower elevation and migrated to a basin it was mostly converted
to iron shale with a few specs of elemental iron still showing. NAU is
convinced there is a pairing. Now it has to be named either "Old Woman 2"
or "Danby". We will see what the NomCom has to say when supporting data is
supplied.

All the best,

------------------------------------
Adam Hupe
The Hupe Collection
Team LunarRock
IMCA 2185
raremeteorites_at_comcast.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "MARK BOSTICK" <thebigcollector_at_msn.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 9:38 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] NPA 07-20-1977 State of California Sued for
OldWoman Meteorite


> Paper: Valley News
> City: Van Nuys, California
> Date: Wednesday, July 20, 1977
> Page: 1
>
> Please don't move that old meteorite
>
> The state of California Tuesday sued to block the acquisition of the
> "Old Woman meteorite" by the Smithsonian Institute, in Los Angeles
Superior
> Court.
> Claiming the three-ton meteorite, discovered last year in
California's
> Old Woman Mountains, is a natural resource under state law, Atty. Gen.
> Evelle Younger's office asked the court for injunctions barring its
removal
> from the state.
> Deputy Atty. Gen. Daniel Selmi is expected to seek a temporary
> restraining order today against Giles W. Meade, director of the Los
Angeles
> County Museum of Natural History.
> The meteorite has been on display at the museum for several weeks
since
> a military helicopter plucked it out of the ground 170 miles east of Los
> Angeles.
> It is scheduled for removal from the museum and transported to
> Washington, D.C. on Thursday.
>
> (end)
>
> Clear Skies,
> Mark Bostick
> www.meteoritearticles.com
>
>
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