[meteorite-list] NPA 04-12-1929 Field Museum Shows Tilden, Illinois Meteorite

From: Dave Schultz <indy1996_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Mar 28 21:09:37 2005
Message-ID: <20050329020936.80023.qmail_at_web52908.mail.yahoo.com>

  Looks like all the Field Museum has left is 1,139.00
grams and two thin sections. Does anyone have any of
this meteorite, and if so, can you post a picture of
it? Thanks! Oh, and thanks also Mark!
                                      Dave


> Paper: The Bee
> City: Danville, Virginia
> Date: Friday, April 12, 1929
> Page: 6 (of 12)
>
> FIELD MUSEUM SHOWING BIG ILLINOIS METEORITE
>
> CHICAGO, Ill., April 12 - (INS) - A piece of
> the only meteorite ever
> recorded as having fallen in Illinois now is on
> display at the Field Museum
> of Natural History here.
> For years astronomers and geologists have been
> watching for any report
> of a meteorite falling of being discovered imbedded
> in the soil of the
> state. The specimen now on display in the museum is
> a large fragment of a
> meteorite which fell in Tilden, a town 45 miles
> southeast of St. Louis, Mo.,
> on July 12, 1927. The meteorite landed in three
> masses - one weighing 110
> pounds, one 45 pounds and one 9 pounds.
>
> (end)
>
> Clear Skies,
> Mark Bostick
> Wichita, Kansas
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