A complete inventory of institutional and public meteorite collections in Switzerland

IF 2.2 4区 地球科学 Q2 GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS
J. Eschrig, M. M. M. Meier, B. A. Hofmann
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Museums and universities are important for collecting, maintaining, and curating meteorites. To make specimens known and available for research, inventorying and optimal curation are important. However, not all meteorite collections are well curated, especially in smaller institutions. During a 12-month project supported by the Swiss Confederacy under the “SwissCollNet” framework, we viewed, photographed, and inventoried all public and institutional meteorite collections in Switzerland. In total, the 27 collections contain 7616 specimens, derived from 3469 different meteorites. New, switched, and missing specimens were found in many collections. More than half of the collections contained specimens without inventory numbers and unknown or unofficial specimens, several of which could be assigned to a known meteorite fall or find during this project. The identification of switched or unknown samples was done using handheld X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and magnetic susceptibility measurements. In total, 201 specimens were attributed a preliminary classification. We demonstrate the importance of smaller collections, which often hold fragments of rare meteorite types. We underline how large-scale projects like the one presented here allow for unique data, for example, finding specimens missing from one collection in another. By tracking the origin of specimens using historic labels, we show that the history of meteoritics is reflected in the composition of the Swiss collections. During the inventorying process, several prehistoric and modern artifacts made of meteoritic material were found, underlining the potential of analyzing non-geological specimens in museums.

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瑞士机构和公共陨石收藏的完整清单
博物馆和大学对于收集、维护和管理陨石很重要。为了使标本为人所知并可用于研究,编目和最佳管理是很重要的。然而,并不是所有的陨石收藏都得到了很好的管理,尤其是在较小的机构中。在一个由瑞士联邦在“SwissCollNet”框架下支持的为期12个月的项目中,我们查看、拍摄并整理了瑞士所有公共和机构的陨石收藏。总共有27个藏品包含7616个标本,来自3469个不同的陨石。在许多藏品中发现了新的、调换的和丢失的标本。超过一半的藏品中包含没有库存编号的标本和未知或非官方标本,其中一些可能属于已知的陨石坠落或在该项目期间发现的。使用手持式x射线荧光光谱法和磁化率测量来鉴定开关或未知样品。初步分类的标本共有201个。我们展示了较小的收藏的重要性,这些收藏通常包含稀有陨石类型的碎片。我们强调像这里展示的这样的大型项目如何允许独特的数据,例如,在另一个集合中找到一个集合中丢失的标本。通过使用历史标签跟踪标本的起源,我们表明陨石学的历史反映在瑞士藏品的组成中。在盘点过程中,发现了几件由陨石材料制成的史前和现代文物,强调了分析博物馆中非地质标本的潜力。
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Meteoritics & Planetary Science
Meteoritics & Planetary Science 地学天文-地球化学与地球物理
CiteScore
3.90
自引率
31.80%
发文量
121
审稿时长
3 months
期刊介绍: First issued in 1953, the journal publishes research articles describing the latest results of new studies, invited reviews of major topics in planetary science, editorials on issues of current interest in the field, and book reviews. The publications are original, not considered for publication elsewhere, and undergo peer-review. The topics include the origin and history of the solar system, planets and natural satellites, interplanetary dust and interstellar medium, lunar samples, meteors, and meteorites, asteroids, comets, craters, and tektites. Our authors and editors are professional scientists representing numerous disciplines, including astronomy, astrophysics, physics, geophysics, chemistry, isotope geochemistry, mineralogy, earth science, geology, and biology. MAPS has subscribers in over 40 countries. Fifty percent of MAPS'' readers are based outside the USA. The journal is available in hard copy and online.
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