Collection of meteorites in the National Museum of Brazil information
Meteorite collection in Brazil
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]
^"Exposições" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
^Sears, P M (1963). "Recovery of the Bendego Meteorite". Meteoritics. 2 (1): 22–23. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
^"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.
^"Avanhadava" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
^"Bendegó" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
^"Campos Sales" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
^"Carlton" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
^"Henbury" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
^"Krasnojarsk" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
^"Meteorito" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
^"Pirapora" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
^"Santa Catarina" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
^"São João Napomuceno" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
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