[meteorite-list] Brazil National Museum Completely Gutted by Fire
Jeff Kuyken
info at meteorites.com.au
Tue Sep 4 11:11:05 EDT 2018
Truely a sad day for Brazil and all however the Bendego meteorite has at least survived:
https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/00ec8479c0e3b749032f0c0cbde1ffc3
Cheers,
Jeff KuykenMeteorites Australiawww.meteorites.com.auIMCA #3085www.imca.cc
On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 11:54 PM +1000, "Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
Absolutely a tragedy for all humanity. Massive collections of historical items.
Michael Farmer
> On Sep 3, 2018, at 10:07 AM, Paul via Meteorite-list wrote:
>
> 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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