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112.4 gram part slice.   Iron, ungrouped

TKW 16.3 kg. Fall not observed. Found in 1818 when a field was cleared for cultivation on William Temple's property in Cambria, which is about 12 km west-northwest of Lockport, Niagara County, NY, USA.




   


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Anne Black
 5/27/2024 2:12:27 PM		 Thank you Twink. I had never heard of Gene Schlepp before getting this meteorite. And I had never heard of Cambria either!! Did you ever go hunt around Washington Camp? Thank you for all this information.
John lutzon
 5/27/2024 2:00:20 PM		 Thank you. Very nice Octahedrite structure, including the double armored everything. Hopefully, for future generations, it left its meteorite seeds in that field. Interesting provenance story.
Twink Monrad
 5/27/2024 12:20:05 PM		 Jim Kriegh and I met Gene Schlepp our first year at the Gem Show with our Gold Basins. Jim bought flats of minerals from Gene and Gene told us about a wonderful place to hunt crystals and silver and copper ore specimens near Washington Camp AZ. Did not know he was into meteorites too! Interesting...
matthias
 5/27/2024 2:31:41 AM		 Let's clear our fields to invite a heavenly guest. Thank you, Anne.
 

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