Jump to content

Collection of meteorites in the National Museum of Brazil

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Exhibition of meteorites in the museum.

The National Museum of Brazil collections include an exhibition of meteorites discovered in Brazil and other countries.[1]

One of the most important meteorites that was on display is the Bendegó meteorite, which weighs over 5,000 kg and was discovered in 1784.[2] It survived the fire that destroyed the museum in 2018, sustaining no major damage.[3]

Image Name Type Find location Year TKW Notes
Avanhandava Chondrite Avanhandava, São Paulo, Brazil 1952 9.33 kg (20.6 lb) Mostly composed of iron (27.15%) and olivine (17.3%).[4]
Bendegó Iron meteorite Bahia, Brazil 1784 5,360 kg (11,820 lb) It is the biggest iron meteorite ever found in Brazilian soil.[5]
Brenham Pallasite Kansas, United States 1882 4,300 kg (9,500 lb)
Campos Sales Chondrite Ceará, Brazil 1991 23.68 kg (52.2 lb) [6]
Carlton Siderite Hamilton County, Texas, United States 1887 81.2 kg (179 lb) [7]
Glen Rose Iron Glen Rose, Texas, United States 1934 11 kg (24 lb)
Henbury Siderite Australia 1922 2,000 kg (4,400 lb) [8]
Krasnojarsk Pallasite Russia 1749 700 kg (1,500 lb) [9]
Pará de Minas Siderite Minas Gerais, Brazil 1934 112 kg (247 lb)
Patos de Minas Octahedrite Minas Gerais, Brazil 1925 218.4 kg (481 lb) Composed of iron and nickel.[10]
Pirapora Siderite Minas Gerais, Brazil 1888 6.18 kg (13.6 lb) Composed of iron and nickel.[11]
Santa Catharina Siderite Santa Catarina, Brazil 1875 7,000 kg (15,000 lb) [12]
São João Nepomuceno Siderite São João Nepomuceno, Brazil 1960 15.3 kg (34 lb) [13]

See also

[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Meteorites in the Museu Nacional.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Exposições" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  2. ^ Sears, P M (1963). "Recovery of the Bendego Meteorite". Meteoritics. 2 (1): 22–23. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Bendegó: el meteorito que resistió las llamas del incendio del Museo Nacional de Brasil". BioBioChile - La Red de Prensa Más Grande de Chile (in Spanish). 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Avanhadava" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Bendegó" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Campos Sales" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Carlton" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Henbury" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Krasnojarsk" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Meteorito" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Pirapora" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  12. ^ "Santa Catarina" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  13. ^ "São João Napomuceno" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Collection_of_meteorites_in_the_National_Museum_of_Brazil&oldid=1145071834"