[meteorite-list] Morland

From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Mar 24 11:36:19 2005
Message-ID: <BAY104-F21CFB88B53E8DF267AFC5AB3400_at_phx.gbl>

Hello Zerlimer and list,

Zerlimer asked, "But my next question here is: what is the real chronology
of these labels?
In other words, believeing the eventual belonging of the specimen to TCU
(Monnig) from where I got it, I could guess that, according to Mark's
historical archives, my specimen probably first belonged to Nininger and
then went to Buddhue collection.
Mark, can you confirm that chronology ?"

You are correct.

The specimen was originally recovered by Nininger, likely in the 1930's,
(and after find of course), because Kansas was a focus point of Nininger at
that time. Brenham discovery and excavation, falls before and after the
Morland find. Nininger kind of moved on to Colorado meteorites in the
1940's.

Buddhue either purchased or traded for the meteorite, at some time, and then
it found it's way to Monnig at a late date. Monnig did not number his
specimens. This was done after his death by Gary Huss, who TCU hired to
catalog the collection. (In which doing so, several "new" meteorites were
brought to science). So if it has a Monnig number, or any other meteorite,
it was part of his collection at his passing.

Clear Skies,
Mark Bostick
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Received on Thu 24 Mar 2005 11:36:17 AM PST