On Sunday 15th of January, the Kerman 252 Meteorite piece was gifted to the Natural History and Technology Museum.

   This meteorite piece located in the Natural history and Technology Museum was discovered in Kerman, and got jotted down on the Meteorite International Website named "Kerman 252 meteorite".

  As the Iran rector of the meteorite Museum reported, the earth age of the Kerman 252 meteorite is estimated up to 20-25 thousand years.

  According to Mr. Hojat Kamali, the father and the donor of Iran's meteorite, meteorites are made up of stone, Iron, or stone, and iron. He added that meteorites contain 2 ages, the age when segregating from the mother planet and the distance they traverse to collapse to the earth, and the age from remaining on the surface of the Earth since the moment of collapsing.

  In addition, Mr. Kamali reported that Kerman 252 meteorite informs investigators about the formation of the Solar System, morphology, and the existence of life on planets.

  In this regard, the Rector of the Natural History and Technology Museum said that the most special compositions of earth science in this museum are the stone pieces of the moon planet.

  Mr. Rokni added that the Kerman 252 meteorite, was gifted to this museum's stone collection as the second extraterrestrial piece. As he mentioned, in the Shiraz University's Natural History and Technology Museum, 945 specimens of sedimentary rocks, half-priced stones, herbal and animal stones, and extraterrestrial stones are retained and the Shiraz University is the second receiver of meteorites in the country.

   It bears mentioning that Dr. Sadr-aldin Sharifi's persistent efforts led to the establishment of Shiraz University's Natural History and Technology Museum in March 1975. This museum was transferred into its current building in 1981, which has an infrastructure of 5000 square meters. This museum has animal, botanical, geology, entomology, astronomy, technology, anatomy, stamps and coins, and taxidermy workshop sections; which are active in three categories of education, research, and demonstration.