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UCLA Meteorite Gallery welcomes Utas irons

The UCLA Meteorite Gallery, California’s largest collection of meteorites, has added two large iron meteorites — and both may be touched by the public. Admission to the gallery is free. One of the new meteorites is now the largest in Los Angeles. Weighing 811 pounds, it is more than twice the size of what had been the gallery’s largest meteorite. It was found in Namibia, and is being displayed thanks to a long-term loan by UCLA alumnus Peter Utas and his wife, Barbara Broide.

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/two-large-meteorites-added-to-ucla-meteorite-gallery

Posted on April 3, 2015