Re: [meteorite-list] Aztec, NM Meteorite questions

[Frank Cressy via Meteorite-list]

Forgot to hit "reply all" last night.  Here's what I sent to Dennis.

Frank


On Monday, March 21, 2016 7:59 PM, Frank Cressy  wrote:



Hi Dennis,

I researched Aztec for a book on US witnessed falls I'm writing (to be 
published this summer).  Very little information was available even in 
Nininger's files at ASU.  No information concerning the fireball was supplied 
by the finder, Mr. Dee Begay who found it about 30 miles south of Aztec on the 
Navajo Reservation.  Apparently it fell about 5 pm on Feb 1, 1938.  Begay 
contacted Nininger in March 1939 sending him a small sample of what he thought 
was a meteorite from this fall.  Nininger the bought the 2.8 kg stone for 
$12.50.  He cut off a specimen for his collection and the sold or traded the 
remainder to the Field Museum. That about all I have. (Nothing about the exact 
location of the stone was found at ASU).

All the best,

Frank



On Monday, March 21, 2016 6:18 PM, Dennis Miller via Meteorite-list 
 wrote:



Hello, All!  Living just 8 miles from Aztec, NM, thought that I might do a 
little
fragment hunting.  I have a few questions, though.  First, I have read that 
Harvey Nininger sent his wife, Addie, to Aztec to purchase the only stone.
Does anyone know who she purchased it from?  Second,  what was the
flight path?  And finally, does anyone have a small piece for sale?  
Thanks!  
Dennis  IMCA #1434
P.S.  Also looking for a piece of Four Corners meteorite.

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Re: [meteorite-list] Aztec, NM Meteorite questions

[almitt2--- via Meteorite-list]

Hi Dennis, Ruben and all,

I checked out some of my Nininger books but didn't find any info 
either. Looks like most of the material is at the Field Museum. There 
are some smaller specimens (cut from the one stone that fell) in a 
couple of other collections including Nininger's.


Fell February 1st, 1938 around 5 p.m. local time. Perhaps talking to 
the places that have part of the specimen might yield some more 
information. Some research is in order to find out more about this 
fall! Best and good luck!


--AL Mitterling


Quoting Ruben Garcia via Meteorite-list
:


Hi,

Aztec NM is my home town. I grew up there, I even graduated high

school in

Aztec. So, I have always wondered about where exactly that stone

fell.

Unfortunately, I never could find out much. Good luck.
On Mar 21, 2016 6:18 PM, "Dennis Miller via Meteorite-list" <
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote:


Hello, All!  Living just 8 miles from Aztec, NM, thought that I

might do a

little
fragment hunting.  I have a few questions, though.  First, I have

read that

Harvey Nininger sent his wife, Addie, to Aztec to purchase the

only stone.

Does anyone know who she purchased it from?  Second,  what was the
flight path?  And finally, does anyone have a small piece for

sale?

Thanks!
Dennis  IMCA #1434
P.S.  Also looking for a piece of Four Corners meteorite.

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Re: [meteorite-list] Aztec, NM Meteorite questions

[Ruben Garcia via Meteorite-list]

Hi,

Aztec NM is my home town. I grew up there, I even graduated high school in
Aztec. So, I have always wondered about where exactly that stone fell.
Unfortunately, I never could find out much. Good luck.
On Mar 21, 2016 6:18 PM, "Dennis Miller via Meteorite-list" <
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote:

> Hello, All!  Living just 8 miles from Aztec, NM, thought that I might do a
> little
> fragment hunting.  I have a few questions, though.  First, I have read that
> Harvey Nininger sent his wife, Addie, to Aztec to purchase the only stone.
> Does anyone know who she purchased it from?  Second,  what was the
> flight path?  And finally, does anyone have a small piece for sale?
> Thanks!
> Dennis  IMCA #1434
> P.S.  Also looking for a piece of Four Corners meteorite.
>
> Sent from my iPad
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[meteorite-list] Aztec, NM Meteorite questions

[Dennis Miller via Meteorite-list]

Hello, All!  Living just 8 miles from Aztec, NM, thought that I might do a 
little
fragment hunting.  I have a few questions, though.  First, I have read that 
Harvey Nininger sent his wife, Addie, to Aztec to purchase the only stone.
Does anyone know who she purchased it from?  Second,  what was the
flight path?  And finally, does anyone have a small piece for sale?  
Thanks!  
Dennis  IMCA #1434
P.S.  Also looking for a piece of Four Corners meteorite.

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