[meteorite-list] Glenn Huss

[Peter Davidson]

Hello Friends

I wonder if anyone on the list can help me with  some information about the famous collector Glenn Huss. I have been working on the collection recently and came across a specimen which we have now discovered is linked to the collection of Glenn Huss by dint of having a Huss Catalogue Number on the specimen . It is a specimen of the Wellman meteorite and was purchase from the mineral dealer David New of Montana in 1977 as part of a larger consignment which also included two other meteorites (Wiluna and Allende) as well as several mineral specimens. The Catalogue of Meteorites (CoM) lists five Wellman entries (a,b,c,d and e) I was wondering which one ours could fit into. It is clearly an H type chondrite but whether it is H4 or H5 I can't really tell. I wondered if the catalogue of the Huss collection exists somewhere and wondered if I could match up the Huss number on our specimen with the register number in the catalogue. I am also keen to add any additional information into our own database here. All replies will be gratefully received.

PS Notice I have resisted talking about the death of Margaret Thatcher (oops!)

Cheers

Peter Davidson
Curator of Minerals

National Museums Collection Centre
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Edinburgh
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p.davidson at nms.ac.uk


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