“When a star falls from the sky, it leaves a fiery trail. It does not die. Its shade goes back to its own place to shine again. The Indians sometimes find the small stars where they have fallen in he grass”(Kohnen). The Willamette Meteorite is an extremely rare scientific example. The meteorite is made of nickel iron, and it weighs over 15.5 tons. It is 3.1 meters long, 2.1 meters wide, and 1.3 meters tall. This meteorite is …showed first 75 words of 1912 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1912 total…it weren’t for things like the Willamette Meteorite, the American Museum of Natural History would be empty. The Museum did not go to Oregon and take it from the Clackamas. The lines of owner ship are too gray to make any definite decisions. In any case, the Willamette Meteorite is an extremely important piece that can properly be appreciated by all of the public to see at the Rose Center for Earth and Science.