New Concord, Ohio Meteorite

fell May 1, 1860

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Marietta College - Marietta, Ohio

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New Concord Meteorite Main Mass 46.8 KG.

 

 

 

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5269 gram New Concord Meteorite

 

Links to online information on the New Concord, Ohio Meteorite:

The New Concord Meteorite Let’s stop kicking a dead horse - an article by Martin Horejsi.

Meteorite made it seem like the sky was falling - Zanesville Times Recorder

Catalogue of the Meteorites of North America to January 1, 1909  Pages 329 to 342 have an extensive amount of historical information on the New Concord, Ohio meteorite fall by O. C. Farrington.  NOTE: this is a big PDF file.

ASU Center for Meteorite Studies - photo of one of their collection specimens.

Meteoritical Bulletin - entry for New Concord.

 

 

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