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80.53 grams.   Iron, IIIAB

TKW 22 kg. Fall not observed. Found 1891, Kemerovskaya oblast', Russia.



 

Paul writes:

From Buchwald:

Berwerth (1905; 1914) noted the peculiar flimmery (from Merriam Webster OnLine: flimmer = glimmer, flicker) appearance of the kamacite; since he was able to reproduce this structure experimentally by heating to 950° C in a furnace, he concluded that the meteorite had been artificially reheated by the finder. This conclusion was also arrived at by the present author (quoted in Hey 1966: 487), but has apparently not been accepted by the Russian authors.

I visited the Vienna Natural History Museum (NHM) in May of 2014. The NHM has the largest meteorite display in the world.

The Meteorite Hall has been completely revamped and provides a stunning experience. In conjunction with the re-opening of the Hall, the NHM published a book about its meteorite collection. Naturally, it has lots of first-rate photos. Check it out here.

Dr. Ludovic Ferriere, the Curator of the Rock Collection and co-curator of the Meteorite Collection, was kind enough to give me a behind-the-scenes tour on a day when the museum was closed. He told me there are about 1,100 specimens of 650 different meteorites on exhibit, which represents 12% of the collection.

The museum is forbidden by law to sell any part of the collection and they have ceased trading, so they are dependent on donations of material and money to expand the collection. For more information:

• see the 'Sponsors' tab at the museum web site
• contact Dr. Ferriere directly at ludovic.ferriere@nhm-wien.ac.at
• visit his personal web site

It is the policy of the NHM to allow visitors to photograph the exhibits, but only for personal use. Pictures cannot be used for commercial purposes without written permission. The MPOD is in the personal use category so I am able to post some of the pictures I took.

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