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.93 grams. Iron, IIIAB
TKW 15.5 tons. Fall not observed. Found 1902 in Oregon, USA.
Shawn writes:
From Wikipedia:
The Willamette Meteorite, officially named Willamette, is an
iron-nickel meteorite discovered in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the
largest meteorite found in North America and the sixth largest in the
world. There was no impact crater at the discovery site;
researchers believe the meteorite landed in what is now Canada or
Montana, and was transported as a glacial erratic to the Willamette
Valley during the Missoula Floods at the end of the last Ice Age
(~13,000 years ago). It was long held sacred by indigenous peoples of
the Willamette Valley, including the federally recognized Confederated
Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (CTGRC). The indigenous
peoples referred to this stone with the name Tomonowos (the visitor from
the sky).
The meteorite is currently on display at the American Museum of Natural
History in New York City, which acquired it in 1906. Having been seen
by an estimated 40 million people over the years, and given its striking
appearance, it is among the most famous meteorites known. In
2005, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
sued to have the meteorite returned to their control but they were
unsuccessful.
The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, a confederation of Native American tribes, used the meteorite, which they call Tomanowos, in ceremonies and demanded that it be returned and filed a NAGPRA action (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) against the American Museum of Natural History in 1999. In response, the Museum filed a federal lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment against the Grand Ronde in 2000. An agreement with the Museum was reached later that year in which the meteorite would remain at the museum with tribal members being able to conduct a private ceremony around the meteorite once a year, and that ownership will be transferred to Grand Ronde should the museum cease to have the meteorite on display.
In response to a student's request in 2007, Representative John Lim introduced a resolution that would demand that the museum return the meteorite to Oregon. The tribes said they were not consulted, they did not support the resolution, and were content with the current arrangement with the museum.
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
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MexicoDoug 11/20/2016 1:17:02 PM |
Arguably the largest American mass found north of Corpus Christi Texas, but definitely not the largest in North America where Bacubirito was found. Let's also not be blind to Chupaderos, another hefty candidate. Greenland, is scientifically classified as part of North America with its matching physical geography. Willamette is a superlative meteorite that whispers for itself with no need to boast! It would be interesting for someone to estimate its mass before the eroded glyphs formed and propose a representative reconstructed image of how it looked fresh. |
Bernd Pauli 11/20/2016 2:37:33 AM |
See also BUCHWALD V.F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Volume 3, pp. 1311-1321 and furthermore Sky & Telescope, 1943, May, pp. 6-7: The Case of the Willamette (by J. Hugh Pruett, University of Oregon) + WARD H.A.(1904c) The Willamette Meteorite (Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci.4, 137-148). |
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