V.P. Semenenko, CATALOGUE OF METEORITES AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY OF THE NAS OF UKRAINE (ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2025)
https://doi.org/10.15407/mineraljournal.47.04.017
UDC 523.681
CATALOGUE OF METEORITES AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM
OF NATURAL HISTORY OF THE NAS OF UKRAINE (ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2025)
V.P. Semenenko 1, DrSc (Geology), Corresponding Member of NAS of Ukraine, Prof., Head of Department
E-mail: cosmin@i.ua; orcid: 0000-0003-1479-6874
N.V. Kychan 1, PhD (Geology), Senior Research Fellow
E-mail: cosmin@i.ua; orcid: 0000-0002-6793-6538
V.P. Grytsenko 2, PhD (Geology), Associate Professor, Head of Department (a.i.)
E-mail: favosites@ukr.net; orcid: 0000-0003-2904-4851
K.O. Shkurenko 1, PhD (Geology), Senior Research Fellow
E-mail: cosmin@i.ua; orcid: 0000-0002-2665-5916
1 M.P. Semenenko Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Ore Formation of the NAS of Ukraine
34, Acad. Palladin Ave., Kyiv, Ukraine, 03142
2 National Museum of Natural History of the NAS of Ukraine
15, Bohdan Khmelnitsky Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 01030
Language: Ukrainian
Mineralogical journal 2025, 47 (4): 17-24
Abstract: A brief history of a meteorite collection of the Geological Department of The National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NMNH NASU) is presented, as well as an updated list of meteorite samples available in it. Compared to the well-known collections, the meteorite collection of the NMNH NASU is limited, but quite diverse. It is represented by all types of meteorites which have scientific value due to samples of carbonaceous meteorites of the CM, CO and CV subgroups, as well as the unique Krymka chondrite. A sufficient attention is given to conservation and study of the carbonaceous chondrites as carrier of primitive material from which the planets of the Solar System, in particular the Earth and its mineral resources, were formed. The Ukrainian Krymka meteorite contains many xenoliths, which have not yet been found in the meteorites form which allows them to be classified as a new type of carbonaceous material. The meteorite collection of the NMNH NASU also contains samples of the well-known iron meteorites Sikhote-Alin and Chinga, which were collected by Ukrainian participants in meteorite expeditions in the 1970s and 1980s. The carbonaceous chondrites Allende, Dar al Gani 078, Felix, Kainsaz, Murchison, Murray, Ornans and Vigarano replenished the meteorite collection in the 1990s by exchange for scientifically equivalent samples. Since 2006, the collection was expanded by three meteorite samples: the Gruz`ke, Velyka Balka and Chelyabinsk chondrites. As of September 1, 2025, the meteorite collection of NMNH NAS of Ukraine contains 93 samples of meteorites.
Keywords: meteorite, chondrite, carbonaceous chondrite, museum, history of collection, catalogue.
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