La colección de meteoritos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Tenerife: catalogación internacional y resultados preliminares

S. Hernández-Fernández; J. A. Rodríguez-Losada; F. García Talavera; R. Lunar-Hernández; J. Martínez-Frías

doi:10.3989/egeol.40170.108

The meteorite collection of the Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Tenerife: international cataloguing and preliminary results

Authors

S. Hernández-Fernández Dpto. Edafología y Geología. Universidad de La Laguna
J. A. Rodríguez-Losada Dpto. Edafología y Geología. Universidad de La Laguna
F. García Talavera Organismo Autónomo de Museos y Centros. Cabildo de Tenerife
R. Lunar-Hernández Dpto. Cristalografía y Mineralogía. Universidad Complutense de Madrid
J. Martínez-Frías Centro de Astrobiología CSIC/INTA. Torrejón de Ardoz

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https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.40170.108

Keywords:

Meteorites, Catalogue, Museum, Tenerife

Abstract

The Tenerife Museum of Natural Sciences (MCNT), holds an important collection of meteorites, collected since 1985 in various expeditions to the south of Morocco, Sahara, Mauritania and Senegal. Seven specimens (stones) have been selected for study and cataloguing, following the structure of the international databases on meteorites (e.g., Natural History Museum, London). Descriptive data such as provisional nomenclature, location, type of event, number of fragments, dimensions, weight, density, mineralogy and geochemistry of mineral phases are provided. A previous classification was made in accordance with the rules of The Meteoritical Society.

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2010-06-30

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Hernández-Fernández, S., Rodríguez-Losada, J. A., García Talavera, F., Lunar-Hernández, R., & Martínez-Frías, J. (2010). The meteorite collection of the Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Tenerife: international cataloguing and preliminary results. Estudios Geológicos, 66(1), 5–11. https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.40170.108

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Vol. 66 No. 1 (2010)

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