[meteorite-list] Tennessee fall picture on postcard on ebay.

Mike Jensen meteoriteplaya at gmail.com
Thu Mar 29 09:47:27 EDT 2007


Hi Jason and all
That I know of there are at least 8 different postcards showing views
of Stockwell's find as well as 1 showing Steve Arnold's find. Most of
the 1000lb images show it setting on a table in the Big Well museum.
As you mentioned the images that show HO Stockwell are quite common
but the images that show it at the museum are somewhat harder to find.

http://jensenmeteorites.com/Postcards/Other.htm

On the top of this page are two different views. The first shows a
typical view of the 1000 pounder in the Big Well museum. The second
image is a much rarer card showing a sliced section of the meteorite
at the American Meteorite Museum in Winslow. I especially like this
one as it shows both the pallasitic portion and and iron(siderite)
portion. Interestingly the card does not mention any where on it what
specific meteorite it shows. I asked Carleton Moore about it and he
said for sure it was the Brenham meteorite as they still have the
piece at ASU.

Mike

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On 3/28/07, Jason Utas <meteoritekid at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Sterling, Robert, All,
> Sterling's right, but to clarify a little; it's a fairly common
> postcard showing the excavation of the second largest Brenham mass
> (formerly the largest...).  I've seen countless cards like this
> around...it's one of the two common Brenham cards, and there's most
> likely at least one more on ebay listed right now with the correct
> location of the find in the description.
> Regards,
> Jason
>
>
> On 3/28/07, Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The seller's mistake. It's a postcard of the
> > famous Greensburg KANSAS Pallasite:
> > http://www.bigwell.org/meteor.html
> >
> > The photo on the page indicated above
> > has the same individual pictured on the
> > postcard in the recovery effort.
> >
> >
> > Sterling K. Webb
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Robin Galyan
> > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 11:41 AM
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Tennessee fall picture on postcard on ebay.
> >
> >
> > on ebay is a postcard showing excavation of a supposed 1000lb meteorite in
> > TN.   appears possibly 1930's-1940s cant tell for sure.
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/Old-Postcard-of-1000-Pound-Meteorite-Found-in-Tenn_W0QQitemZ120099552758QQcategoryZ20236QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
> >
> > But in the usgs met database I dont find any from Greensburg where it was
> > supposedly found.    The database in fact for TN only has one real large
> > puppy,   the Cosby's Creek find from 1837.   Two big chunks,  one 907KG
> > (first) one 50.8 (found later).
> >
> > So in tracking these two,   I find some at the TCU (m104.4) collection and
> > some at the Nat. Museum of History.
> >
> > So...   does anyone have any further information on what might be called the
> > Greensburg fall,  or on the cosby's creek fall?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Robin
> > Knoxville, TN
> >
> >
> >
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