[meteorite-list] Brazil National Museum Completely Gutted by Fire

[Jack N]

One small piece of good news:

> [The Bendego meteorite] survived the fire that destroyed the museum in 
> 2018, sustaining no major damage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendeg%C3%B3_meteorite


On 04/09/18 07:37, John Lutzon via Meteorite-list wrote:
> HORRIBLE & saddening!
>
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> Subject: [meteorite-list] Brazil National Museum Completely Gutted by Fire
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>
> Inferno at Brazil's National Museum causes 'irreparable'
> damage and grief By Claudia Dominguez, Flora Charner
> and Holly Yan, CNN, September 3, 2018
> https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/02/americas/brazil-national-museum-fire-intl/index.html
>
> Brazil National Museum fire: Key treasures at risk, BBC News
> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45395774
>
> Brazil museum fire: Funding cuts blamed as icon is gutted, BBC News
> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45398084
>
> Among the 20 million items presumed lost are a Maxakalisaurus
> skeleton, 11,500 year-old Luzia remains, Pompeii fresco, and
> countless Pre-Columbian artifacts. The museum contains a
> meteorite collection, which includes the Bendegó Meteorite.
>
> Luzia Woman
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzia_Woman
>
> Bendegó Meteorite
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendegó_meteorite
> https://meteoritosbrasileiros.webs.com/bendego1.html
>
> Yours,
>
> Paul H.
>
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