Showing posts with label rocks and minerals. Show all posts
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

ABC Wednesdays - M for meteorite

Last Saturday I went to get a photo of our museum for M, but while I was there I saw this meteorite.

The Mundrabilla Meteorite was found in 1996 on the Nullarbor Plain, in Western Australia. This specimen weighs 2500 kg. I'm sure glad I wasn't nearby when it hit the ground!

While I was walking around the museum I saw lots of other interesting M's; this is a sample of Mesolite from Maharashtra in India.

Entry to the Adelaide Museum is free and you can take photos but flash is not allowed. I was not really prepared, so I will return sometime with my tripod to get some more shots.

Click here and here to see previously posted outside shots of the Museum itself.

The ABC Wednesday meme was created by Denise Nesbitt. To find out more about ABC Wednesdays and see other participants' contributions click here