[meteorite-list] "Must See" Meteorite Collections?

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:10:28 -0400
Message-ID: <e51421550908231110s51f52e77qa42471f1c376c6dd_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Richard,

I think this is a great idea. I cannot help with the hard data, but
here are some famous collections to start with (according to the 2000
edition of Catalogue of Meteorites) -

American Museum of Natural History
New York, NY, 10024

Denver Museum of Natural History
City Park, Denver, CO, 80205

DuPont Meteorite Collection & Planetary Studies Foundation
612 Chatham Circle, Algonquin, IL, 60102

Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago, IL, 60705

Harvard Mineralogical Museum
24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Mass, 02138

Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX, 77058

Monnig Meteorite Collection
Dept. of Geology, TCU
Fort Worth, TX, 76129

UCLA Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics
UCLA, CA, 90024

University of Arizona Lunar & Planetary Lab
Tucson, AZ, 85721

Institute of Meteoritics
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM, 87131

Smithsonian
Dept of Mineral Sciences
NHB-119, NMNH, Smith, Washington DC, 20560

Peabody Museum of Natural History - Yale
P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT, 06520-8118

That list is not definitive and the specifics of some entries may be
dated, but it's a start. :)

Best regards and happy NEO-hunting!

MikeG



On 8/23/09, Greg Hupe <gmhupe at htn.net> wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> One important thing you forgot to include in needed information is, "The
> combination to the vault!!" ;-)
>
> Best regards,
> Greg
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Kowalski" <damoclid at yahoo.com>
> To: "meteorite list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 1:42 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] "Must See" Meteorite Collections?
>
>
>> I'm wondering if anyone has or know where I can obtain a list of public
>> meteorite collections that are spectacular, or have individual meteorite
>> specimens on display that should not be missed?
>>
>> I'd like to build a POI file for use in GPS units to make it easier to
>> find these collections when I'm out traveling. As with most people, time
>> is tight when I travel, so I'd limit the ones included to the collections
>> that show off the best of the best. Lesser collections that only have
>> common examples shouldn't be included unless they have extraordinary
>> examples of common specimens.
>>
>> I was going to limit the list to those in the US, but I'll open it up to
>> collections around the world.
>>
>> Basically I need the institution and the city and country, but the more
>> information included the better. The best would have all the following.
>>
>> Name
>> Address
>> City
>> County
>> Long & Lat
>> website url
>> Important specimens on display
>>
>> I'm sure that's asking too much for a list that has already been made, but
>>
>> I might as well ask for everything I need here to save time.
>>
>> If no one has a list of collections, I'll ask for suggestions individually
>>
>> so they can be combined into the final files.
>>
>> I'll be building the file in Google Earth, so if it is easier for you,
>> feel free to send me the information as GE placemarks, or you can email me
>>
>> the location using the Google Maps "Send" feature.
>>
>> When I've got a working version, I'll upload the resulting files as both a
>>
>> Google Earth KMZ file and as a GPX file that is readable by most GPS units
>>
>> so others can use it too.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> --
>> Richard Kowalski
>> http://fullmoonphotography.net
>> IMCA #1081
>>
>>
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