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Scientific paper
Sep 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995metic..30r.579s&link_type=abstract
Meteoritics, vol. 30, no. 5, page 579
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Meteorites, Classification, Collection, Iron, Stony, Stony-Iron
Scientific paper
In the over thirty years that James M. DuPont collected meteorites, his collection grew from one of a modest collector's size into the world's largest private collection. At his death in July, 1991, Jim DuPont listed over 1,000 meteorites in his collection. These included several which were somewhat controversial and unrecognized, along with a few others that represented new finds awaiting classification. This impressive collection had 1719 individual meteorites with a total mass over 500 kilograms. Over the past few years this collection has been extensively researched and a final inventory was prepared which took into consideration the controversial, unclassified, and the various varieties of certain meteorites. These were separated from those which are officially recognized by the Meteoritical Society. The final count is 970 distinct meteorites with an additional 42 in research to determine their identity. Included in this group are several from Roosevelt County, New Mexico, a few stones from North Africa, two from Australia, and a mix of stones and irons from various states in the United States. Research is progressing well. In late 1994, the James M. DuPont Meteorite Collection was purchased by the Planetary Studies Foundation for the purpose of preserving the Collection's identity, and to insure its availability to the scientific community.
Butler K. R.
Schwade J. R.
Sipiera Paul P.
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