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LocalitiesWeston meteorite (incl Easton; Trumbull; Fairfield), Easton (Weston), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

2nd Mar 2012 23:57 UTCHarold Moritz 🌟 Expert

What is the mindat method for listing meteorite finds?

I've just added much detail to this existing page http://www.mindat.org/loc-62857.html

The problem is that while this famous 1807 fall is always referred to as "Weston", none of the identified sites within the strewn field are in the current town of Weston. The town was subdivided after 1807, so the sites are now in Easton, Trumbull and Fairfield. Should a mindat page be established for each site, or should the Weston level of hierarchy be removed and list the fall under the Fairfield county level? I think the latter is more appropriate, but it would be more difficult to place coordinates for each site. Or does mindat typically place coordinates for the center of strewn fields? I could see where in a case where tens, hundreds or thousands of fragments are found for a particular fall of find it would be silly to create a site for each one, with its own coordinates.

Thanks

Fritz

3rd Mar 2012 15:08 UTCChester S. Lemanski, Jr.

Harold,

This is an unusual one. Please review the file to see how I handled it.

Chet

3rd Mar 2012 15:43 UTCHarold Moritz 🌟 Expert

Hi Chet:

OK, but Weston still exists, it's just not as big as it used to be when the fall happened. Originally Easton and Weston were part of Fairfield which split off as North Fairfield in 1787, then Weston and Easton split in 1845. Trumbull was already a town in 1797, it was not created from any part of Weston, Easton, or Fairfield.

So perhaps the note should read:

NOTE: Most of the fragments of this meteorite were found within the boundaries of the modern town of Easton, which was the eastern part of the town of Weston until 1845, when it became a separate town. Other finds are in the towns of Trumbull and Fairfield, which were already separate towns in 1807.

If only strewn fields were smaller! ;-)

Thanks

Fritz

3rd Mar 2012 23:54 UTCChester S. Lemanski, Jr.

Got it! Will enter that note.

4th Mar 2012 04:08 UTCHarold Moritz 🌟 Expert

Great, thanks!