[meteorite-list] RFS Picture of the Day: Phil Morgan's Flyer

[mexicodoug at aim.com]

One more important reference, V. Buchwald, 1975, V. 2, p. 399,

'On the top of a mesa a few miles east of Camp Verde, George E. Dawson 
came upon a stone cyst in the corner of an ancient Indian dwelling.  
Instead of finding a child burial as he expected, he found a 61.5 kg 
metallic meteorite wrapped in a feather-cloth.  ref-Nininger and 
Nininger 1950 p. 106.  Considerable pottery was found associated with 
the burial by which its age was determined as about 800 years.  
ref-Nininger 1952.  The meteorite was found about 1915, about 33 km 
South of Sedona and 85 km Southwest of Meteor Crater, in Yavapai 
County.  The ancient Indian cliff dwellings, Montezuma Castle, are 
about 7 km North of the find.  While the find was briefly reported by 
A.D. Nininger ref-1940.  and photographed by Nininger and Nininger 
ref-1952., it was only analyzed lately by Moore et. al. ref-1968. and 
Wasson ref-1968.  Wasson concluded on the basis of Ga-Ge-Ir contents, 
which were similar withing analytical error to Canyon Diablo, that Camp 
Verde was a mass transported from the strewn field of Meteor Crater."

Cheers


Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] RFS Picture of the Day: Phil Morgan's 
Flyer

Hi Bernd and Listees,    
    "A meteorite that was excavated in an ancient Arizona ruin. It 
was found wrapped in a feather cloth and [enclosed in] a stone cyst." 
 
brackets [] are mine to question whethe
r it was really 'on' or 'in'. 
 
refs- 
 
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~afs/may96_2.html 
 
The Camp Verde, Arizona iron meteorite was found on an 800-year-old 
Sinagua "altar," wrapped in a feather blanket and was probably 
transported from Meteor Crater approximately 100 km to the northeast. 
 
and 
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorite 
 
In 1915, a 135-pound iron meteorite was found in a Sinagua (c.1100-1200 
AD) burial cyst near Camp Verde, Arizona, respectfully wrapped in a 
feather cloth. referenced to Nininger's 1972 Catch [sic] a Falling 
Star'. 
 
Best wishes 
Doug 
 
-----Original Message----- 
From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de 
To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com 
Sent: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 3:16 pm 
Subject: [meteorite-list] RFS Picture of the Day: Phil Morgan's Flyer 
 
 
Mr and Mrs H.H. Nininger once wrote: "You will see these strange 
meteorites 
 
Anyone care to give answers to these 22 pieces of information??? 
Maybe one answer per list member. Happy sleuthing! 
 
Let me start with #1: "A meteorite that fell through a house roof in 
Missouri 
during WWI" 
 
Well, that's "Baxter" ... like list member Jim Baxter ;-) Hi Jim, how 
are you 
doin'? 
 
Baxter is an L6 chondrite of 611 grams that fell through the roof 
of a house in Stone (!) County, Missouri, on Jan 18, 1616. 

 
Cheers, 
 
Bernd 
 
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