Catalogue of Meteorites lists Chicago Field House collection as Allende 33 kg (about 3rd largest behind , 380 kg in USNM,Washington, 137 kg, ASU Tempe), and Murchinson 40.7 kg (largest listed specimen and 30 kg @ USNM Washington, Univ. Adelaide has "specimens", ASU has 7 kg in Tempe. ).
D Freeman
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Hi All
Al wrote
I thought that was an Allende not Murchison?? <
Here are some photos of the two meteorites in question that I took on my visit to CFM with Al Mitterling a few years ago. http://jensenmeteorites.com/Chicago/1Murch.jpg http://jensenmeteorites.com/Chicago/1Allende.jpg Unfortunately there is no scale for the stones but believe me they are HUGH. Al wrote an article for our visit to the Museum in Meteorite, Nov. 2000 "Field Museum Trip" pp 24-27. According to the article the Allende weighs 14 kg and the Murchison weighs 17 kg. We had the opportunity to tour the back room and took full advantage. Al discusses this in his article as well. I also had the opportunity to visit the vault at ASU just before the Tucson show this year. I took a few pictures but most didn't turn out too well. Probably because I have a new camera(sorry I didn't share that with the list earlier) and wasn't familiar with its operation yet. I'll post these pictures some time in the future. Mike
-- Mike Jensen IMCA 4264 Bill Jensen IMCA 2359 Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 303-337-4361
Hi Bob, Dave and all,
I thought that was an Allende not Murchison??
--AL Mitterling
Bob Evans wrote:
Come on Dave ,
How can you compete with the museums 8 kilo Murchison, the size of a football????????
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