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The Willamette Meteorite, officially named Willamette [3] and originally known as Tomanowos by the Clackamas Chinook [4] [5] Native American tribe, is an iron-nickel meteorite found in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the largest meteorite found in the United States and the sixth largest in the world.
The Willamette Meteorite is culturally significant to Clackamas people. The meteorite is called Tomanowos, which translates to "the visitor of heaven". The meteorite was believed to be given from the Sky People and is the unity between sky, earth, and water. Other tribes around the area thought that the meteorite possessed magical powers. [3]
The plat was filed in 1850 in the first plat book of the first office of records on the West Coast and is still in Oregon City. Around 1900, the spa and resort at Wilthoit Springs was a popular tourist destination. [3] In 1902, the Willamette Meteorite was recovered from a field near present-day West Linn.
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"No other meteorite fall has been documented like this, complete with sound," said Herd in a university press release. "It adds a whole new dimension to the natural history of the Island."
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The exact worth of a meteorite varies depending on the specific type of meteorite in question. An 82-pound iron meteorite originating from an asteroid recently sold for $44,100 — about $540 per ...