Research
Meteorites
The Mineralogical Museum Hamburg is active in meteorite searches. Initially the museums was involved in the very first meteorite search expeditions carried out in the Mongolian Gobi Desert (EUROMET, 1993) and the Sahara of the Repubic of Niger (GEO Magazine, 1997). From 2000 trough 2004 the museum organized several search expeditions into the Libyan Sahara ... [ more ]
New mineral discoveries
Worldwide, approximately 100 new formerly unknown minerals are discovered per year. Prior to receive scientific approval - by the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) - for a new discovery the mineral in question has to be examined according to a checklist provided by this committee ... [ more ]