Very nice Anne, thanks, I plan to do the same with Vienna photos next week. I love the Smithsonian collection, I hope everyone gets a chance to visit it sometime. Bob Haag and I visited on the way to Burkina Faso.
I agree with you, I really wish everybody could see that collection. I was absolutely stunned by the size of some of the pieces. We are so used to seeing small to tiny pieces of a lot of these meteorites, (Orgueil, Ivuna, Vigarano for instance) that it is amazing to see how big they really are.
The other big surprise was discovering the meteorites that are never available on the market. When did you last see a large slice of Bustee, Mezo-Madaras, or Pinnaroo? and those are just examples, there were many more.
Lastly, I had seen pictures, good pictures, of Lafayette. But this meteorite is even more amazing in person, it is so perfect!
Enough raving for tonight! :-)
Anne Black
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