[meteorite-list] Donations to Museums

From: Peter Davidson <P.Davidson_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:51:15 +0000
Message-ID: <576F2B74A34E584AA173B40D1A8914C3014B76_at_NMSMAIL01.nms2k.int>

Dear List Members

I would like to bring to the attention of the list, news of a wonderful piece of generosity. Mr Shawn A Rinoehl (who signs off as Shawn Alan) of Brooklyn, NYC has very kindly donated a fragment of the High Possil meteorite which fell near Glasgow, Scotland in April 1804. This piece of L6 Chondrite may not have the status of a Martian or Carbonaceous Chondrite, but to me it is of vital importance. This now means that we have in our collection, fragments of three of the four known Scottish meteorites. The only one missing now is the Perth fall (LL5 Ordinary Chondrite, May 1830).

I have of course thanked Shawn off list and asked his permission to make my gratitude and his generosity much more public through the MetList.

Thank you Shawn

Have a great weekend everyone

Peter Davidson
Curator of Minerals

National Museums Collection Centre
242 West Granton Road
Edinburgh
EH5 1JA
00 44 131 247 4283
p.davidson at nms.ac.uk


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