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Sunday 6 April 2014

Meteorite collection donated to Kentucky Geological Survey

Meteorite collection donated to KGS

Anonymous, 2014, Meteorite collection donated to
KGS by Goshen couple. Kentucky Cross Section.
Winter/Spring 2014, p. 5. PDF file at:
http://kgs.uky.edu/kgsweb/olops/pub/kgs/newsletters/winter2014forweb.pdf
http://kgs.uky.edu/kgsweb/pubs/pubsearch.asp?pubtype=KGS+Newsletter&searchtype=typeofpub#5097

“Among the more important specimens donated is
a sample of a meteorite that fell through the roof of
a house near Burnwell in Pike County on the
afternoon of September 4, 1990.”

In addition, there is:

Ehmann, W. D., 2000, Space Visitors in Kentucky:
Meteorites and Meteorite Impact Sites in Kentucky.
Special Publication no. 1. Kentucky Geological Survey,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. 44 pp.

PDF file at http://kgs.uky.edu/kgsweb/olops/pub/kgs/sp01_12.pdf

Link at https://www.uky.edu/KGS/education/meteorites.htm
https://www.uky.edu/KGS/education/meteor_find.htm
and http://www.uky.edu/KGS/pubs/index.htm

The Geologic Map of Kentucky
http://kgs.uky.edu/kgsweb/olops/pub/kgs/GM19_12.pdf

The Geologic Map of Kentucky shows the Jepha Knob
structure.

Yours,

Paul H.