MARMET METEORITES

NEW! NHM Bern: Meteorites from Oman
Home
NEW! NHM Bern: Meteorites from Oman
WHAT IS A METEORITE ?
CLASSIFICATION OF METEORITES
THE COLORFUL WORLD OF THIN SECTIONS
THIN SECTIONS - PART 2
HISTORIC METEORITES 1: Switzerland, Germany, Austria.
HISTORIC METEORITES 2: France: 1492-1841
HISTORIC METEORITES 3: France: 1842-1934
HISTORIC METEORITES 4: England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland.
HISTORIC METEORITES 5: Italy, Spain.
HISTORIC METEORITES 6: Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Norway.
HISTORIC METEORITES 7: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Latvia, Ukraine
HISTORIC METEORITES 8: Romaina, Serbia, Croatia, Estonia, Bosnia-Herzeg.
HISTORIC INDIAN METEORITES
PETER MARMET METEORITE COLLECTION - US falls / finds
H. H. NININGER and Canyon Diablo
From MOON and MARS
FAMOUS IRON METEORITES
Libyan Desert Glass
Meteorites from Antarctica
The Allende Meteorite (Mexico)
The Hoba Meteorite (Namibia)
PING PONG IN SPACE
MUNICH 2004
MUNICH 2005
MUNICH 2006
MUNICH 2007
ENSISHEIM METEORITE 2005 part 1
ENSISHEIM METEORITE 2005 part 2
ENSISHEIM METEORITE 2006 part 1
ENSISHEIM METEORITE 2006 part 2
ENSISHEIM METEORITE 2007 part 1
ENSISHEIM METEORITE 2007 part 2
ENSISHEIM METEORITE 2008 Part 1
ENSISHEIM METEORITE 2008 Part 2
Ensisheim Meteorite 2009 part 1
Ensisheim Meteorite 2009 part 2
ENSISHEIM 2010
Ensisheim 2011

New exhibition at the Natural History Museum in Bern, Switzerland:  METEORITES FROM OMAN.

Click for more info: Natural History Museum Bern

Today, Friday, April 30, 2010 the Natural History Muesum in Bern (Switzerland) opens a new exhibition about Meteorites from Oman. Here are a few pictures. 

oman014.jpg
Part of the new exhibition with visitors.

oman005.jpg
Nine expeditions brought over 5400 meteorites, a total of about 4.5 tons from 580 different falls.

oman017.jpg

Meteorite research - Why? 

In the daily life, meteorites play a side role. Meteors that we observe - making a wish - are sand grains from space. Big meteorite falls and huge fireballs are very rare. Meteorites are popular in science fiction and disaster films.

Many people are fascinated by meteorites: Scientists research the history of the begining of our solar system with the help of those exotic extra terrestrials and a committed group of collectors from all over the world is contributing highly interesting material to science.

oman004.jpg
Important tools: GPS and maps.

oman009.jpg
Beautiful Diogenite found in 2009.

oman013.jpg
Diogenite Ramlat as Sahmah: close up.

oman002.jpg
SaU 264: LL6 chondrite, heavily eroded by wind. Fell about 30,000 years ago.

oman011.jpg
Shisr 043: the only iron meteorite from Oman!

oman007.jpg
The famous Lunar meteorite: SaU 169. Fell about 12,000 years ago.

oman010.jpg
Sayh al Uhaymir 169: close up.

oman.001.jpg
Jiddat al Harasis 404, eucrite, likely from asteroid Vesta.

oman006.jpg
It's not always a meteorite: camel droppings, wind polished limestone, litter,...

oman0003.jpg
SaU 001: L4-5 chondrite, only slightly weathered. Fell about 5,000 years ago.

oman015.jpg
Dr. Beda Hofmann (left), leader of the search expeditions in Oman and Mr. Marc Jost (Space Jewels).

oman016.jpg
Meteorites from the Jiddat al Harasis 073 strewn field.

oman012.jpg
Ramlat al Wahibah 027: Chondrite H5. Fell about 37,000 years ago.

For more info:  beda.hofmann@geo.unibe.ch  or p.marmet@thinsections.ch