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    WHAT TO DO IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE A METEORITE?

    If you have a stone that looks like a meteorite and you would like it to be examined, you should contact your closest mineralogy museum that has the ability to conduct material analysis. The GEIPAN does not have that qualification and therefore cannot answer the question. Here is a list of mineralogy museums that you can contact:

    • Muséum national d’histoire naturelle de Paris

             Website: www.mnhn.fr

             Telephone: 01 44 05 72 72 

    • Muséum d'histoire naturelle Henri Lecoq, Clermont-Ferrand

             Telephone: 04 73 42 32 00

    • Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Toulouse

             Website: www.museum.toulouse.fr

             Telephone: 05 67 73 84 84

    • Muséum d'histoire naturelle du Mans

              Telephone: 02 43 47 39 94

    • Musée Géologique de plein air, Limoges

             Telephone: 05 55 45 74 14

    • Musée de minéralogie, Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences, Strasbourg

             Telephone: 03 68 85 04 52

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