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

From: Jeff Kuyken <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 15:11:05 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <F29554229DA61331.A4004B5C-A98D-4599-98E3-8F1FA521A6E8_at_mail.outlook.com>

  
  


  
  
  
    
            
            Truely a sad day for Brazil and all however the Bendego meteorite has at least survived:
https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/00ec8479c0e3b749032f0c0cbde1ffc3
Cheers,
            

            Jeff KuykenMeteorites Australiawww.meteorites.com.auIMCA #3085www.imca.cc
    
  




On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 11:54 PM +1000, "Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:










Absolutely a tragedy for all humanity. Massive collections of historical items.

Michael Farmer

> On Sep 3, 2018, at 10:07 AM, Paul via Meteorite-list wrote:
>
> 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.
>
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