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Darryl writes:

This is an exhibition I conceived of about three years ago which is now finally up at the Portland Maine International Jetport (PWM). It’s the first meteorite installation of its kind at any major transportation hub in the world. It just opened this past Tuesday and is contracted to be up for five years during which time airport management estimates more than 10 million people will see it. (Whether they stop to look and wander up — that’s another matter!) The installation was sponsored by the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum in Bethel — which has one of the more outstanding meteorite collections anywhere — and don’t take my word for it, ask 🤔….Roberto Vargas. 😉

At Tuesday's opening brief speeches were given by the President of the Meteoritical Society, Dr. Nancy Chabot; associate professor at Colby College, Dr. Tasha Dunn — the only meteoriticist in Maine; Mars rover operator, Dr. Aileen Yingst of the Planetary Science Institute; Halsey Frank representing Senator Susan Collins’ office and myself (Photo 5 from the left are Dr. Aileen Yingst, Darryl Pitt, Dr. Tasha Dunn, Dr. Nancy Chabot).

There was also a great deal of "media-write" coverage — close to 500 hits around the world and counting.

The meteorites displayed are from the MMGM’s collection apart from most notably the Gibeon better known as The Scream (Photo 1 ). Among the more iconic anthropomorphic meteorites, I loaned The Scream out for the purpose of this exhibition. The other meteorites on display are — and yes, I’m keenly aware there are no chondrites (which will make an appearance halfway through the run):

Amgala 001 (5.27 kg)   Martian (shergottite)   Photo 2
Gadamis 004 (148g)   Lunar (anorth)
Imilac (3.44 kg)   Pallasite, PMG
Jikharra 001 (10.4 kg)   Eucrite-melt breccia
NWA 8641(1.92 kg)   Lunar (feldsp. breccia)
NWA 10416 (86.4g)   Martian
NWA 10894 (448g)   Eucrite-cm
NWA 11057 (326g)   Martian (shergottite)
NWA 11616 (62g)   Lunar
NWA 12691 (415g)   Lunar (feldsp. breccia)
NWA 12696 (521g)   Eucrite-melt breccia
NWA 13276 (38.4g)   Martian (shergottite)
NWA 16546 prov. (42.7 kg)   currently the Second Largest Moon Rock on Earth   Photo 3
Saricicek (325g)   Howardite
Seymchan (8.02 kg)   Pallasite, PMG
Sueilila 002 (329g)   Martian (shergottite)
Tirhert (443g)   Eucrite-unbr

Hope you enjoy. Portland is a terrific town … in the summer 😉 However, if you ski the Museum is in Bethel just minutes from Sunday River.