[meteorite-list] Find in Algonia, Wisconsin, in 1887?

[Ken Newton]

Hi Chris,
The Algoma meteorite is at the University of Wisconsin:

Meteorites
Near the entrance to the museum a meteorite display includes many 
examples from Wisconsin including the Trenton meteorite (1858), the 
Algoma meteorite (found in 1887) and the Kilborn meteorite (1916). Both 
stony and iron meteorites are on exhibit, including specimens from 
Argentina, Namibia and a large (300 lb) piece of the Canyon Diablo 
meteorite from Holbrook, Arizona (25,000 - 50,000 years ago).

(http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~museum/exhibits.html)

Best,
ken newton



chris aubeck wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> Has anyone heard of this find? Can anyone tell me how likely it is
> that this object was actually a meteorite?
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> The Terril (Terril, Iowa) Tribune
> October 24th 1901
> p.4
>
>
> The University of Wisconsin has
> come into possession of a unique piece
> of meteoric iron. The date of its fall
> is not known, but it was plowed tip
> near Algonia, Wisconsin, in 1887, and
> until a short time ago remained in the
> hands of the farmer who discovered it.
> It is shaped like a shield, 10 inches
> long by six broad, and an inch thick
> in the center. The convex surface is
> smooth, while the concave side is
> rough and incrusted with oxide. It
> is believed that it moved broadside
> through the air, the convex surface
> in front. On this surface are strongly
> marked lines, radiating from a nearly
> flat elliptical boss in the center.
> The lines deepen as they approach the
> periphery.
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