Hi Pete, Tom and all, Oscar Monning and Harvey Nininger referred to the hammer stone as the "Norfleet" stone and they considered it part of the Plainview (1917) fall, believing this 20-pound stone was the "lead" stone of the fall. It landed on trend with the strewnfield and has the same brecciated H5 lithology. It is just one of the 1000+ stones from the Plainview (1917) fall, which is its official name. There are three other named Plainview meteorites; Plainview (1950), Plainview (c) and Plainview (d). Additionally, there are other meteorites that have been found in the same county (Hale County), including Hale Center 1 and 2.
Incidently I also have a nice slice of the hammer stone that I obtained a few years ago. All the best, Frank PS: Sorry about the mis-spell last night. It should have been Estacado. ________________________________ From: "[email protected] clearwire.net (RRAD)" <[email protected]> To: Frank Cressy <[email protected]> Cc: Tom Randall (KB2SMS) <[email protected]>; Meteorite List <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, May 29, 2010 9:26:50 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Plainview article There were two Plainviews, 1903 the actual hammer that hit and broke a rail of the corral, (I have pieces of both) and the later 1917 plainview. Pete IMCA 1733 On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Frank Cressy <[email protected]> wrote: Hello all, > >Interesting article. I really like these stories. Just to be clear though, >the article refers to the Esctacado meteorite, not the Plainview meteorite >that was described in 1917. > >Cheers, > >Frank > > > > >----- Original Message ---- >From: Tom Randall (KB2SMS) <[email protected]> >To: Meteorite List <[email protected]> >Sent: Fri, May 28, 2010 7:27:37 PM >Subject: [meteorite-list] Plainview article > > >Found this today, FYI! Have a great weekend! > > >"Looking Back: Pioneer used meteorite as washstand" > >http://bit.ly/8YRm3r > > >--- >http://home.roadrunner.com/~kb2sms/ >Twitter: Tommytimbertoes > >______________________________________________ >Visit the Archives at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >______________________________________________ >Visit the Archives at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
