by Paul Harris    (To print, first click on puzzle, then print)

September 2002 Solution

Across

6 Told stories in Tucson about a great iron deposit he had heard of at Coon Mountain
7 The presence of ______ distinguishes Meteor Crater Impactite from volcanic cinders
10 The tunnel dug into the South wall of Meteor Crater was dug to recover ____ ____
12 Not until July 15, 1946 did the U.S. Board of Geographical Names officially accept the name ______
13 The mathematician who calculated that the energy released during the impact was more than suficient to vaporize most of the mass of the impactor
14 As a tribute to his work, "_______ Meteorite Crater" is the official name used by the Meteoritical Society
15 The shaft dug at nearly the exact center of the crater was halted at 181 feet because of water and ________
16 Iron _____ is the iron oxice that can encrust the surface of meteorite fragments with long exposure to weathering

Down

1 The 4 claims filed in March 1903 were named mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and _____
2 Microsopic _______ can be found in some of the rocks from Meteor Crater
3 The second object to impact Meteor Crater was a ______
4 Owner of the trading post at Canyon Diablo that admitted selling around 10,000 pounds of meteorites to museums and collectors
5 Drilling from the top of the South rim of the crater caused the prominent ______ _____ on the South wall of the crater
8 _______ are totally lacking in the meteorite fragments found on the plains and only in the shocked and hea\t altered fragments from the crater rim
9 In 1891, Gilbert found no magnetic indications with his equipment at Meteor Crater so he reasoned the crater was the result of an undergound _______ explosion
11 As a tribute to his work, "_______ Meteorite Crater" is the official name used by the Meteoritical Society