[meteorite-list] Pojoaque Pallisite

[Regine P.]

Hi Doug, Bernd and all,

I too would like to know where this one is being kept. What baffles me though, how does one get to the conclusion the meteorite had been carried in a medicine bag? It doesn't sound implausible, but what are the clues? Magic powder topping? Is there any further info?


Regine



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> Von: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug at aim.com>
> An: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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> Gesendet: 23:54 Sonntag, 29.April 2012
> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Pojoaque Pallisite
> 
> Hi Listers,
> 
> Paired - quite likely - It has a much more interesting history than to be lumped 
> as a synonym and IMO value as a named iron in its own right:
> 
> This particular iron showed a lot of evidence of wear from human handling and 
> Nininger supported Mera's suggestion that it was carried in a medicine pouch 
> in Pojoaque, which makes a triangle geographically, roughly, with Santa Fe, 
> Glorieta, Mountain locality and Pojoaque pueble.  According to the circumstances 
> of the fine, it was found inside some old pottery during excavations at the 
> Pueblo, i.e., protected, and exhibited beautiful flow lines and notable bluish 
> fresh fusion crust, indicating it was a reasonable possibility that whoever 
> found it saw it fall.  As it was found during excavations, it raises the 
> possibility of using this to date the Glorieta Mountain fall.
> 
> It would be nice to know where this meteorite is now.  Did it make it to New 
> Mexico's collection?  Nininger, in 1931, saw it in Santa Fe, specifically in 
> the "Department of Anthropology", where Mera may have been working.  
> But someone else needs to sleuth a bit further from here because I sure 
> don't know where it is now, and it would be great to see it in its present 
> condition ;-), as it was cut up a bit because Nininger and others used it to 
> argue that Glorieta Mountain wasn't a siderite, but a sidero-pallasite 
> combination as well as consolidate some of the names Bernd lists ... I think the 
> paper was 1940.
> 
> Definitely a specimen with a very special, if not sacred, history ...
> 
> Kindest wishes
> Doug
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernd V. Pauli <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
> To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sun, Apr 29, 2012 5:03 pm
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Pojoaque Pallisite
> 
> 
> Hello Jeff, Mike, David and List,
> 
> David wrote: "It is indeed the synonym for Glorieta"
> 
> ... and only one out of several others:
> 
> Albuquerque
> Canoncito
> Glorieta
> Pojoaque
> Rio Arriba
> Santa Fe
> Santa Fe County
> Trinity County
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bernd
> 
> 
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