The meteorite collection of the Civico Planetario and the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milan, Italy

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Author
Folco, Luigi
Peri, Fabio
Pezzotta, Federico
Issue Date
2002-12-01
Keywords
Frontier Mountain
Antarctic meteorite trap
meteorites

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Folco, L., Peri, F., & Pezzotta, F. (2002). The meteorite collection of the Civico Planetario and the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milan, Italy. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 37(S12), B95-B103.
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The Meteoritical Society
Journal
Meteoritics & Planetary Science
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10150/655636
DOI
10.1111/j.1945-5100.2002.tb00908.x
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Abstract
The historical meteorite collection of Milan's Civico Planetario and Museo di Storia Naturale is presented in this catalogue. Started in 1838, the collection contains to date (March 2002) 231 samples of 77 individual falls, representing 118.935 kg (i.e., the total weight is 118 kg and 935 g) of extraterrestrial material, including 5 carbonaceous chondrites, 38 ordinary chondrites, 3 achondrites, 7 stony-iron meteorites and 24 iron meteorites.
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1945-5100
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