Hi List, According to the Catalogue of Meteorites, BM(NH), the Oroville 54 lb iron was found in 1893 at Butte County, Calif. and it gives the following coordinates: 39 deg 41' N 121 deg 38' W. mentioning that it was found 10 miles N of Oroville, according to O.C.Farrington, Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci. Washington, 1915, 13, p.345. The Catalogue also reports its main mass of 46 lb to be at San Francisco Acad. Sci.; a 401gr at US Nat Mus. Washington; a 315g in Chicago's Field Mus. Nat Hist. and a 281g at NY Amer. Mus. Nat Hist.; Outside of the USA: There is a 117g piece at Vienna Naturhist. Mus. and 2 other pieces of 308g and 62g both at the British Museum of Nat. Hist. José Campos
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 3:50 PM Subject: Re-2: [meteorite-list] Oroville California, Iron. > > From the local historical archives, here are a few > > extra notes on the Oroville iron. It was seen to fall > > at the turn of the century, early 1900's. > > Hi Bill and List, > > Some confusion here about Oroville. According to Vagn Buchwald, > a mass of 54 pounds (24.5 kg) was ploughed up in 1893 by C.E. > Bloomfield 10 miles north of Oroville and the first brief and incomplete > notes on this IIIAB iron were published by Bement in 1894 and Brezina > in 1896! > > Regards, > > Bernd > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
