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

From: Dennis Miller <astroroks_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:49:21 -0500
Message-ID: <COL113-W59960303EDBF98EE72D582B1F90_at_phx.gbl>

 






Good Afternoon Matt and All.... I was wondering where the Denver Museum may have put
Dr. Nininger's meteorites he acquired while there. I was once was told that they are all stashed
away in some lower level of the museum, in storage... True? If so, how sad.. They should
send them over to Golden, for display.
 
Dennis Miller
 
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> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:15:42 +0000
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> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Must See" Meteorite Collections?
>
> Last time I was at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science there were two meteorites on display. Skip it.
>
> Instead support the Colorado School of Mines Museum in Golden, CO. They have a few dozen on display and the display itself is quite nice. Oh, and it is FREE.
>
> Matt Morgan
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks"
>
> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:10:28
> To: Greg Hupe
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Must See" Meteorite Collections?
>
>
> 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 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"
>> To: "meteorite list"
>> 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!
>>>
>>> --
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>>> http://fullmoonphotography.net
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>>>
>>>
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