Find #8 · meteorite
A 4-pound Maryland meteorite was analyzed and described in an 1826 journal
We hastened to lay before our readess the account which we received of the fall of the Maryland zrolite,* but as no specimen had then been received, it was not possible to give at that time either a description or an analysis.
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The American Journal of Science and Arts reports a follow-up on the Maryland aerolite, whose fall was announced in an earlier volume without a specimen. Here a 4 lb 5 oz piece, supplied by Dr. Samuel D. Carver, is described with a cracked black vitreous crust, and a chemical analysis by Mr. Chilton lists iron oxide, nickel oxide and silica. The date and witnesses of the fall are not on this page and need checking in vol. IX, p. 351; it may match a known Maryland meteorite fall of the 1820s.
- How forgotten?
- unclear · A Maryland meteorite fall of this era may be catalogued under another name or date, so it needs checking against the Meteoritical Bulletin database.
- Web check
- Documented today · The Nanjemoy, Maryland meteorite fell 10 Feb 1825. Samuel D. Carver's notice of it was published in 1826 in the Philosophical Magazine, and it is indexed on Zenodo and Taylor & Francis. (10 sources seen)
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- Significance
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- Cost to find
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Source
The American Journal of Science and Arts 1826-02: Vol 10 (10), 1826-02