Loreto Meteorite

ID: 2005-163

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1951

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7284, Box 1, Folder 13

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Summary

Photograph of the Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico, meteorite brought back by Harvey Harlow Nininger (1887-1986). Through Stuart H. Perry (1874-1957), a newspaper publisher and authority on meteorites, who made extensive collections of meteorites, the Loreto meteorite and many other specimens were donated to the United States National Museum (USNM). The Loreto meteorite, a find of 1896, was originally approximately 95 kg. The main mass of 90 kg is now in Smithsonian Institution's collection. Modest amounts were distributed to other major collections.

Subject

  • Loreto Meteorite
  • National Collections

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Photo included in the papers of Stuart H. Perry (1874-1957). Perry corresponded with Nininger about meteorites.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7284, Box 1, Folder 13

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1951

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Meteorites
  • Specimens

Place

Mexico

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Object

ID Number

2005-163

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print

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