Hello Geoff, Mark, and all,
I also discussed this topic with Art and thought I'd
add a bit more to the story. Apparently on the
initial Dimmitt stones that Oscar Monnig labeled, the
two letters represented the initials of the person
that he acquired the stone from. Obviously with so
many
Hi List,
Dimmitt is very interesting in that all kinds of strange inclusions have
been found in it according to my online research.
Here is the official Meteoritical Bulletin entry
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=7645
I call it an H3.7 since that is what it is officially
Mark posted:
One is a fragment individual with a Nininger number and a second
collection number. Could someone identify the
second collection number for me? I've seen like collection numbers
before.
http://www.meteoritearticles.com/coldimmitt.html
Dear Mark and List:
I had the
As such, your specimen has a double Huss and Monnig provenance
and is a fine and extremely collectible historic specimen.
Thanks for your note Geoff. I have wondered about those blackened numbers
for a while now.
I meant Monnig rather then Nininger, but I did write Nininger on the second
Hello Mark and List,
It's been several years since I talked with Blaine about this subject, but
there are several people who believe that there are several of the Texas
stones that actually pair. Considering the era that most of them were
classified, it seems quite possible that some errors
More on Dimmitt
I have a few pieces of Dimmitt. One is a fragment individual with a
Nininger number and a second collection number. Could someone identify the
second collection number for me? I've seen like collection numbers before.
http://www.meteoritearticles.com/coldimmitt.html
Also
Sorry for the multiple e-mails
Breccia, contains H5 and LL-group clasts, A.E. Rubin et al. (1981).
Or perhaps...or H3.7-5/LL? Maybe H3.7-5/LL5? How about H/LL3.7-5?
What do other list members think? Maybe if Rubin is reading this (?) he
could suggest a correct classiciation.
Now,
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