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Bendego   contributed by Roberto Vargas, IMCA 5746   MetBul Link


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48 gram part slice. 1 of 11 in this classification.   Iron, IC

TKW 5360 kg. Fall not observed. Found 1784 in Bahia, Brazil.


   


Roberto writes:
Pedra do Bendegò, more commonly known as Bendegó was first discovered in a cattle field in 1784. In 1785, an attempt was made to move the iron meteorite. However, the movers lost control of the cart that was being used to transport the meteorite, resulting in the meteorite rolling 180 meters from where it was found, landing in a dry stream bed. The meteorite stayed in that stream bed until 1888, when it was moved to the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro. It has been there since.

At the time of its discovery it was the second largest meteorite in the world, and the largest meteorite ever found in Brazil.

On September 2nd, 2018, a fire broke out at the National Museum and the main mass of Bendegó was thought to be lost forever. Fortunately, Bendegó was recovered and suffered little damage.

Most of the pieces of Bendegò on the market are pieces of shale. It is extremely rare to see pieces that are unoxidized. This 48g part slice is a beautiful example of the unoxidized material. It displays a beautiful section of the meteorite's exterior and comes from the collection of Jay Piatek (Ex: Jim Schwade collection < Walter Zeitschel). Bendegó is 1 of 11 meteorites classified as an IC Iron. It has a total known weight of 5,360 kilograms, almost all of which is tied up in the main mass
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Steve Brittenham
 11/7/2020 11:56:05 AM
A wonderful historical piece, and great photography and writeup. Thanks!
Cheikhalhoussein
 11/7/2020 10:29:18 AM
Hi , Very beautiful slice indeed and what attracted my attention most is the word (غاز= gaz) in arabic very clear and easily readable in the first photo. Thank you
John Divelbiss
 11/7/2020 7:11:07 AM
Very nice Roberto !!
Don Cracraft 2650
 11/7/2020 4:44:55 AM
Thanks for the write up on this. Made it even more interesting! Don Cracraft. 2650
Andi Koppelt
 11/7/2020 4:42:22 AM
Brillant photos from a rare iron. Love it!
Bernd Pauli
 11/7/2020 4:20:36 AM
ZUCOLOTTO M.E. et al. (1999) The Bendeg* iron (M! Nov. 1999, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 36-39).
 

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