[meteorite-list] Quinn Canyon, Nevada Question

From: Alexander Seidel <gsac_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat May 21 07:04:49 2005
Message-ID: <17290.1116673486_at_www60.gmx.net>

Mar"Buckleboo"tin from Munich wrote:

> I've a question concerning the Quinn Canyon-iron, the 1st meteorite of
> Nevada, found 1908.
> The Catalogue says, that "it is possibly part of the Nevada meteor of
> 1894 (February 1, 22:00hrs)".
> Has anybody closer informations whether this could be true?

This is consistend with what MetBase 7.1 [(c) J. Koblitz] states:

A mass of 1450kg was found 90 miles E of Tonopah; it is possibly part of the
Nevada meteor of February 1, 1894 (2200hrs), W.P.Jenney, Am. J. Sci., 1909,
28, p.431, M.H.Hey, Cat. Met., 1966, p.399. Description and analysis,
O.C.Farrington, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Geol. Ser., 1910, 3, (Publ. 145),
p.165. Mentioned, F.C.Leonard, Pop. Astron., Northfield, Minnesota, 1944,
52, p.512, Contr. Soc. Res. Meteorites, 3, p.173 (M.A.9-301). Too weathered
to be a recent fall, includes Tonopah, V.F.Buchwald, Handbook of Iron
Meteorites, Univ. of California, 1975, p.1003, A.L.Graham et al., Cat. Met.,
1985, p.295. Classification and analysis, 8.40% Ni, 20.9 ppm Ga, 41.5 ppm
Ge, 0.58 ppm Ir, E.R.D.Scott et al., GCA, 1973, 37, p.1957.

> I recieved a little piece and I'm now thinking, whether it fits in my
> little collection of strictly observed falls or whether I should make a
> Nevada collector happy...

Well, if "strictly" is a strong criterion here as opposed to "possibly",
then I would make a Nevada collector happy. :-)

Best from Berlin,
Alex
Received on Sat 21 May 2005 07:04:46 AM PDT