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The meteorite collection of Museu Nacional‐Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Author(s) -
Zucolotto M. e.,
Andrade W. a.,
Klein V. c.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
meteoritics and planetary science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.09
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 1086-9379
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2000.tb01794.x
Subject(s) - meteorite , geography , astrobiology , biology
— The catalogue for the meteorite collection of Museu Nacional‐Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is presented. The collection contains 45 iron meteorites, 45 chondrites, 9 achondrites, and 5 stony‐iron meteorites. It houses 39 of the 50 Brazilian meteorites so far reported. The collection also includes some tektites, fulgurites, natural glasses, and some mislabeled meteorites not reported here.