Title: Council Bluffs Nonpareil City: Council Bluffs, Iowa Date: Sunday, August 22, 1948 Page: 20
University Buys Meteor Fragment
NORTON, Kan., AP - The universites of New Mexico and Nebraska have purchased the world's largest fragment of an anchondritic meteorite. The purchase price was not disclosed. Dr. Lincoln La Paz of the faculty of New Mexico university announced Saturday the two universities obtained the specimen in spirited bidding Friday. Dr. H. H. Nininger, director of the American meteorite museum, Winslow, Ariz., was the opposing bidder. This was the largest of mroe than 1,000 meteorite fragmentsrecovered from a fall last May 18. Dr. La Paz said excavation of the 1,000 pound fragment, at the bottom of an eight-foot crater would be completed late Saturday. It will be sent to the University of New Mexico, he said, where it will sliced with a diamond bit, with half going to each university. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles. |
