This is very sad.
It does bring up a question i have thought about and am interested in what the
list members think/do for fire assurance.
Is there a way to store a collection that would help protect it from fire. I
am talking along the full spectrum of effects from a small room fire indirect
heat. to a full structural fire. I just recently started collecting and i am
working on a type collection of micros so everything i own besides two fist
size nwa unclassified is sitting in a plastic case, very meltable even at low
heat exposure. Its currently out for viewing so my estimate is i would have
plastic indistinguishable blobs even from indirect heat. And wouldnt be able
to tell things apart once the case markings are lost. Is there a better way to
mark?
I already owned a safe, and have seen crusing meteorite articles that others
store in safes, but was always interested in knowing if that was for security,
to leverage some sealed enviornmental aspect (even the small ones come
desicated) or for fire risk. Or a combo of all. I know fire ratings are a bit
hokey on safes. And in fires if a safe is not on the foundation level its
pretty much doomed. And in most cases is apt to sit in hot rubble conditions
longer than its rated for. Or under water in a flooded rubble filled basement
longer than it is flood rated for.
I am guessing however in either of the latter scenarios if stored in non
plastic inner containers they would be fine.
Wondering what everones take is on fireproofing collections. Is there a decent
way to fireproof and still be displayable? Are folks using safes thinking it
will help in a fire? If exposed to a bad fire has there ever been an effort to
reidentify and restore specimins?
On Tuesday, September 4, 2018, 1:00:55 PM EDT, Jeff Kuyken via
Meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
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@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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