Mason Discovers New Class of Meteorites

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Summary

Dr. Brian Mason, scientist at the National Museum of Natural History, discovers a new class of meteorites while examining a large accumulation of meteoritic material collected in the Antarctic by a National Science Foundation expedition.

Subject

  • Mason, Brian Harold 1917-
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Mineral Sciences
  • National Science Foundation

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1978, p. 13

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Date

  • July, 1978
  • 1978

Topic

  • Discovery and exploration
  • Meteorites
  • Meteoritics
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Employees
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees
  • Discovery
  • Research

Place

  • Antarctica
  • Polar regions

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