... Well it came out of the sky, landed just a little south of Moline ...
It might be a line from a Creedence Clearwater Revival song, but change “south of Moline” to “north of Emporia,” and it becomes a surprisingly adept description of an area near Admire known to be rich in space rocks.
When a meteorite crashes to the earth it will generally break up in the atmosphere, spreading its pieces over a certain area in what is known as a strewn field. Two areas in Kansas have long been known among experts to be rich in meteorite materials from long ago. One is the Brenham strewn field near Greensburg; the other is the Admire strewn field northeast of Emporia. Both strewn fields have attracted the interest and efforts of meteorite collectors, hunters and experts in the field of meteoritics.
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