[meteorite-list] Meteorwrongs

From: Peter Davidson <P.Davidson_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:10:03 +0100
Message-ID: <D7171847AEFC6A4893D80C75E547E27102D30C07_at_nmsmail02.nms2k.int>

Greg

There is no outright policy on collecting meteorwrongs in the museum. That is not to say that we have not acquired a number of these over the years. Our most famous meteorwrong is the so-called Newstead Meteorite which was recognised as a bona-fide meteorite until the early part of the Twentieth Century when it was discredited and removed for the British Museum's (now the Natural History Museum of London's) Catalogue of Meteorites.

Now that I am expanding my activities into teaching and demonstrations in schools and elsewhere, using meteorwrongs is a very good way of showing people how to differentiate potential finds. It is therefore essential that I build up a good collection of wrong 'uns to use as examples. Thus whenever I get a meteorite enquiry, I always ask the inquirer if they would like to donate the object to the museum. Most people are happy to do so as it saves the trouble of having to dispose of them. It is, I admit, a fairly ad-hoc arrangement but I now have quite a few to work with.

Hope everyone has a great weekend

Peter Davidson
Curator of Minerals
 
Department of Natural Sciences
National Museums Collection Centre
242 West Granton Road
Edinburgh EH5 1JA
Scotland
Tel: 00 44 131 247 4283
E-mail: p.davidson at nms.ac.uk
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Does anyone have a meteorwrong collection?

And I don't mean black magnetic rocks you may have found (like ones in my garage), but a collection of really 'good' meteorwrongs that could perhaps fool people.? That actually would be quite interesting.

Greg S.
                                               
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