Stannern Meteorite (NHMW-MIN-A21)

3D Model

3D scan of the Stannern meteorite. With 2046 grams, this specimen is the biggest one of this fall in the NHMW´s collection On May 22, 1808, after a series of loud explosions, some 200–300 stones fell from the sky near Stannern/Stonařov, in the Czech Republic. A number of these stones were collected by Carl von Schreibers and were recognized as being very different from all other meteorites known at that time. It is the first recognized achondrite meteorite.

A number of specimens of the Stannern Meteorite can be seen in Hall 5 of the NHM Vienna including this one in showcase Number 47.

Meteorite: Stannern (Achondrite / Eucrite-monomict)

Inventory number: NHMW-MIN-A21

Collection: Natural History Museum Vienna, Dept. of Mineralogy & Petrography, Meteorite Coll. (curator: Ludovic Ferrière)

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Scanned and edited by Viola Winkler (NHMW).

Text by Ludovic Ferrière (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.