[meteorite-list] NPA 04-28-1923 Huge Meteorite Found (Again)

From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Sep 25 12:48:48 2004
Message-ID: <BAY4-F7GYYMOUDZmOuX0002ebe6_at_hotmail.com>

Paper: Appleton Post Crescent
City: Appleton, Wisconsin
Date: Saturday Evening, April 28, 1923
Page: 74

HUGE, METEOR, LOST FOR CENTURY, IS FOUND AGAIN

By Associated Press

     Buenos Aires - The whereabouts of an aerolite of great size, which was
revealed to the Spanish conquerors by Indians about the middle of the
seventeenth century, and of which traces have been lost since the year 1812,
have again been ascertained, according to a communication received by
Professor Clemente Oneilla, an Argentine naturalist, from a Senor Leberthon,
who claims the rediscovery. The aerolite is located in the Province of
Santiago del Estero, in the uninhabited Otumpa pampa, which is also known as
"Sky Pampa," after the celestial origin of the stone.
     Up to the year 1812 the situation of the aerolite was well known and
from the minerals which constitutes its mass several flink-lock muskets were
made. It was about the middle of the seventeenth century that the
Spaniards, guided by the Vilelas Indians discovered the great meteorite
mass, half buried in the sands. Reports say that a large portion was
brought to Buenos Aires and a part sent to the British Museum.
     After the war of Independence and the long period of formation of the
Argentine nation had passed, several exhibitions were sent out to search for
the aerolite. Other attempts were made in more recent times, and it was
only this year that an attempt made by the authorities of Santiago de Estero
province ended in failure.
     According to certain analyses alleged to have been made in 1812, the
meteorite was constituted of pure meteoric iron, nickel and cobalt.

(end)

Not sure which meteorite this article is referring to. If someone has a
good ideal, I would appreciate comment.

Mark Bostick
www.meteoritearticles.com
Received on Sat 25 Sep 2004 12:07:58 PM PDT


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