[meteorite-list] Monning number?

2006-06-28 Thread Anita D. Westlake
How does one identify a Monning number on their meteorite? I, too, have a La Lande that I recently bought at an auction. It came with a very old Ward's Scientific card. The number is hand-written in black ink over white paint or whiteout. Sorry: no picture. Anita

Re: [meteorite-list] Monning number?

2006-06-28 Thread Martin Horejsi
Hi, Here is a place to get started. http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2002/November/Accretion_Desk.htm The Monnig numbers are about half way down the page. I hope to make a formal collection of numbers and labels and their history someday. Christian Anger and I have started a

[meteorite-list] Monning number? I mean Peter not Christian

2006-06-28 Thread Martin Horejsi
Hi all, I need to apologize to Peter Marmot with whom I will be working on the specimen card/number picture gallery. I am completing a Meteorite Times article that involves Christian Anger so I guess I had Anger on my mind when I made my Monnig post. But I should also make a formal Thank You