[meteorite-list] Wold Cottage specimens originating from before sale to the British Museum

From: martin goff <msgmeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 20:30:30 +0100
Message-ID: <AANLkTimGsMOwvIFKr14KNzNqTgcqRvpkcmoOFaYqrMSx_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

I wonder if anyone could answer the following question. Are there any
specimens of Wold Cottage that people know of that originated from the
main mass PRIOR to it being sold by James Sowerby's sons to the
British museum in 1837? The Wold Cottage meteorite fell in 1795 and
was sold to James Sowerby in 1805 and there are numerous references to
specimens being removed and passed on to various people between those
times and prior to its arrival at the BM. I would be really interested
to see if anyone has knowledge of any of these specimens that are
around today.

Cheers folks, in anticipation.


Martin
Received on Thu 08 Jul 2010 03:30:30 PM PDT