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In total, she inventoried over 7500 specimens from almost 3500 different meteorites. Just 5 Swiss institutions together hold about 87% of all meteorite specimens, but the rest - including very rare ones - are distributed among smaller institutions, which often didn't even know they had them! (2/6)

(SN: So if you know how to identifiy meteorites and there is a small natural history museum near where you live... Offer to help them inventorise their (meteorite) collection! Have a look even if they say they don't have any. You might be surprised what can be found in these old drawers...) (3/6)

Jolantha Eschrig classified many specimens with a handheld XRF and a magnetic susceptibility meter. She found hundreds of misplaced, missing, wrongly named/classified specimens, even some "meteorwrongs". She identified and/or classified many of the specimens without proper identification. (4/6)