[meteorite-list] Brazil National Museum Completely Gutted by Fire

From: Paul <etchplain_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 11:07:56 -0500
Message-ID: <abd7a0d7-f721-9d25-7238-73d616fac019_at_att.net>

Inferno at Brazil's National Museum causes 'irreparable'
damage and grief By Claudia Dominguez, Flora Charner
and Holly Yan, CNN, September 3, 2018
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/02/americas/brazil-national-museum-fire-intl/index.html

Brazil National Museum fire: Key treasures at risk, BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45395774

Brazil museum fire: Funding cuts blamed as icon is gutted, BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45398084

Among the 20 million items presumed lost are a Maxakalisaurus
skeleton, 11,500 year-old Luzia remains, Pompeii fresco, and
countless Pre-Columbian artifacts. The museum contains a
meteorite collection, which includes the Bendeg? Meteorite.

Luzia Woman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzia_Woman

Bendeg? Meteorite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendeg?_meteorite
https://meteoritosbrasileiros.webs.com/bendego1.html

Yours,

Paul H.
Received on Mon 03 Sep 2018 12:07:56 PM PDT