Great North Museum: Hancock

[David Entwistle]

I've just spent a couple of hours visiting the Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. They've got a very nice mineral display, with a couple of shelves dedicated to meteorites. Well worth a visit, if you get chance. You can search the collection here.

The meteorites include (as labelled):

Iron Meteorites

1. Sikhote-Alin Meteorite, fell 1947, Siberia, Russia
2. Henbury Meteorite, found 1931, Northern Territory, Australia

Stony-Iron Meteorites

3. Huckitta Meteorite, found 1924, Northern Territory, Australia

Stony Meteorites

4. Tuxtuac Meteorite, fell 1975, Zacatecas, Mexico
5. Gaines County Park Meteorite, found 1977, Texas, USA
6. Holbrook Meteorite, fell 1912, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
7. Estacado Meteorite, fell 1883, Hale County, Texas, USA
8. Vaca Muerta Meteorite, found 1861, Atacama, Chile

Stony Meteorites - Achondrite

9. Millbillillie Meteorite, fell 1960, Wiluna District, Western Australia

Iron Meteorites

10. Gibeon Meteorite, found 1836, Great Namaqualand, Namibia

Chondrites

11. Ellerslie Meteorite, found 1905, Tego, Queensland, Australia

Carbonaceous Chondrites

12. Allende Meteorite, fell 1969, Chihuahua, Mexico

What is a Meteorite?

13. Model of the Middlesbrough Meteorite

Meteorite impact products

14. Impact breccia, Reis meteorite crater, Germany
15. Tektite, Mount Darwin, Australia
16. Tektite, Pailin District, Cambodia
17. Tektite, Columbia

Meteorite Display

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[msg-meteorites]

I lived in Sunderland for 3 years and i never visited the Great North Museum. Looks like a nice little display. I go up to Durham every now and again so will pencil that in for a visit next time. Thanks David

Cheers

Martin

[David Entwistle]

I lived in Sunderland for 3 years and i never visited the Great North Museum. Looks like a nice little display. I go up to Durham every now and again so will pencil that in for a visit next time.

Hi Martin,

Yes, definitely worth a visit. The mineral collection is excellent and very well displayed. The meteorites, as often seems to be the case, aren't that easy to see, being rather dimly lit. I'm going to start taking a torch on my museum trips....

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens is also on my list of places to visit - I believe they have a few meteorites on display.

If I'm in the area, I'd be trying to get to Scarborough's Rotunda Museum (terrible website, but reported to be a good museum). No meteorites that I know of, but an award winning educational geology display.

I should also mention, in passing, that it is Earth Science Week, with a number of events taking place.