[meteorite-list] Museum Online Collections

From: Rob Wesel <Nakhladog_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:06 2004
Message-ID: <015401c23cc9$86f74400$4e9fe70c_at_GOLIATH>

The Jensen boys sent this one out a while back:



Largest Meteorite Collections in the World (By Distinct Falls)


1. National Institute of Polar Research Tokyo, Japan
2. Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC, USA 17,000 specimens / 9250
distinct
3. The Natural History Museum London, England ? / 2000
4. NASA JSC Houston, Texas USA 4000 / ? Online Collection Catalog
5. Museum of Natural History Berlin, Germany 3800 / 1287 Computerized dB
available to researchers only
6. Field Museum of Natural History Chicago, IL, USA ? / 1284 Online
Collection Catalog
7. Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Mainz, Germany 1250 / ? Online
Collection Catalog
8. ASU Center for Meteorite Studies Tempe, Arizona, USA ?/ 1200 No Catalog
available
8. National Museum of Natural History Paris, France Online Collection
Catalog

9. American Museum of Natural History New York, New York USA 5000 / 1100
Online Collection Catalog
10. The Geological Survey of Canada 1500/ ?
11. TCU/Monnig Collection Ft. Worth Texas USA 1523 / 950 Online Collection
Catalog
12. UCLA Los Angeles CA USA
13. Institute of Meteoritics Albuquerque, New Mexico USA ? / 565 Online
Collection Catalog

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Rob Wesel
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Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 9:08 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Museum Online Collections
> Good morning list,
> Hopefully this will get to the list ok. (there have been no posts since
Aug.
> 2)
> About 2-3 years ago, someone posted a list of all the major meteorite
> collections, museums, universities, etc., that have their collections
> (usuallyPDF files) online.
>
> I am gathering information, (Meteoritical Bulletins, collections, etc)
which
> I eventually want to burn onto CD rom.  I would then like to pass the CD's
> along to new members that join this list---for their use and benefit.
>
> Does anyone have that list of collections?
>
> Does anyone also have any ideas of what else might be included on the CD
rom?
>
> The CD rom will be for educational purposes only, free----(not for
sale)---so
> would copywrite permissions be needed?
>
> Steven L. Sachs IMCA# 9210
>
> http://www.geocities.com/gangwise/collection.htm     (new pics added
8/4/02)
>
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Received on Mon 05 Aug 2002 05:46:16 PM PDT