[meteorite-list] Ernest Weidhaus re visited

From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:13:47 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <8CE74BB0FA8B2C9-1CDC-D63B6_at_Webmail-m111.sysops.aol.com>

Hi Martin

Since George Kunz was the President who admitted Weidhaus into the NY
club and Kunz was interested and published in meteorites and
contributed to the recovery of several, and made many trades; and much
of his meteorite collection ended up in the American Museum of Natural
History, same place where the Club met. It would be pretty likely that
he could have gotten it from Kunz who not only worked with Tiffany's
but also traded with museums and was curator at AMNH. So if you can
trace any old Ensisheim pieces in the AMNH you'll have a chance to get
back to the same source. Good luck!

from the AMNH website:

http://research.amnh.org/eps/collections/meteorites
(the whole story is on the website including a reference to a 1935
catalog that someone must have or at least a reproduction)

"The importance of the collection was dramatically heightened in 1900
by the purchase of the Clarence S. Bement mineral collection through
the generosity of J. P. Morgan. Besides containing 12,000 of the finest
mineral specimens ever known, the collection included 580 meteorite
specimens representing nearly 500 different falls and finds. This
established the AMNH meteorite collection as one of the great
collections of the world, and this has been maintained over the years
by continual additions. Bement began collecting meteorites in the early
1800's, but his interest waxed and waned. He often purchased and
exchanged meteorites with George Kunz, the famed mineral and gem expert
who worked at Tiffany's for over 50 years and was an honorary curator
at the Museum for 14 years. Kunz had an active interest in meteorites
and from 1885 to 1891 described numerous meteorites from the United
States."


-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Goff <msgmeteorites at gmail.com>
To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sat, Nov 19, 2011 4:17 am
Subject: [meteorite-list] Ernest Weidhaus re visited


Hi all,

Thanks for all your replies but there doesnt seem to be much info out
there on Ernest Weidhaus or at least he is not a commonly know name
within the meteorite community. This is what i have so far:

He was a member of the New York Mineralogical Club and joined in 1919.
He collected minerals, meteorites and coins.
He sold his entire meteorite collection to Oscar Monnig in April 1939.

That is pretty much it. The reason i am trying to find out more is
that i have a specimen of Ensisheim from the Monnig collection that
originated from the Weidhaus collection (no Weidhaus label though) and
am just trying to possibly find out how Ernest Weidhaus came across a
specimen of Ensisheim and from where?

Anyone out there with any other info at all?

Cheers

Martin

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Martin Goff
www.msg-meteorites.co.uk
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