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Laurens County   contributed by Paul Swartz, IMCA 5204   MetBul Link


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1.4 kg.   Iron, ungrouped

TKW 2.15 kg. Fall not observed. Found 1857, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA.



 


Paul writes:
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:

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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Paul Swartz
 10/18/2016 10:40:58 AM
JL - I meant to include info about the 'necklace'. From Buchwald: Prominent plessite fields, [some] showing cloudy taenite rims, tempered martensitic transition zones and untempered martensitic interiors.
JLutzon
 10/18/2016 7:22:53 AM
Ok--got it........next time i'll read the handbook description FIRST....
John Lutzon
 10/18/2016 6:41:50 AM
Hi Paul, thanks. It would be nice if someone could give a explanation on photo 2 and what appears to be a Widmanstatten necklace.
Adri*n Contreras G*mez
 10/18/2016 2:17:09 AM
Realmente interesante!
John Hope
 10/18/2016 2:14:50 AM
Thank you very much Paul for these great pictures of such a scarce piece.Cheers John
 

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