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18.55 grams. Iron, IIIAB
TKW 1.55 tons. Observed fall 1867, Chihuahua, Mexico.
   
Anne writes:
Medium Octahedrite IIIAB, found in an archeological site in northern Chihuahua Mexico in 1867.
Found wrapped in feathers, and with offerings, obviously a very special object for the residents of Casas Grandes.
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
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Rob Wesel
6/6/2017 9:48:42 PM |
1902 - First formal description by Wirt Tassin, Assistant curator, division of mineralogy at the Smithsonian
Sorry you have to read backwards
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Rob Wesel
6/6/2017 9:48:00 PM |
1873 * Smith gets a slice (Farrington)
1875 * Still with Mueller
1875 * Mexican government claims ownership of the meteorite
1875 * Spring * U.S. businessman August Santleben gets permission to take the iron to the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia at the expense of Mueller and himself
1875-1876 * Santleben leaves meteorite in Luling Texas with the instructions to set up at the Centennial Exposition as a paid attraction
1876 - Centennial Exhibition, mass ends up on free display with Mexican minerals
1876 * Mexican government donates the mass to the BMNH
1876 * Smith gets the mass instead of BMNH
1880 - Smith Catalog, no mention
1886 * Smith catalog mentions under the name *Chihuahua*
1892 * Displayed on the cover of the Smith catalog as Casas Grandes
1901 * Sent to Henry Ward for cutting
1901 * Ward sells a slice to the BMNH, Smith gets pissed and BMNH gets more pissed at it should have gone to them
1902 - First formal description by Wirt Tassin, Assistan |
Rob Wesel
6/6/2017 9:47:11 PM |
Here is a timeline I have on Casas Grandes. There is missing time from 1880-1886 and the piece should have gone to the BMNH but somehow the Smith got it. Anyone else have details how that came to pass?
1200 * Casas Grandes Settled
1450 * Casas Grandes abandoned after many wars, most move on to form the Pueblo Tribe
1565 * Spanish discover Casas Grandes site
A few years before 1867- Meteorite is discovered by neighboring townperson Teodoro Alvera
1867 * First report by explorer Edmond Tareyre who was part of a Casas Grandes ruins excavation but never saw the meteorite
1870 *Don Enrico Mueller, director of the mint in Chihuahua, takes custody from neighboring townspeople
1873 - William Pierson from the U.S. Consul at El Paso (along with two other men named Angerstein and Leroy) claims to have made arrangements to purchase it from Mueller and informs the State Department he will have it in his custody in 15 days. Smithsonian requests a slice.
1873 * Smith gets a slice (Farringto |
Anne Black
6/6/2017 8:51:01 PM |
Yes, that is a very historically important meteorite. Thanks Twink. |
Twink Monrad
6/6/2017 8:29:20 AM |
I have a friend in Tucson who was in Casas Grandes area a couple of months ago to see the Mata Ortiz pottery, and she met some of the local people who are looking forward to a piece of the meteorite which is supposed to be returned to the village for a display. |
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