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The Center for Meteorite Studies is home to the world's largest university-based meteorite collection. We house specimens representing over 1,800 separate meteorite falls, and our collection is actively used for geological, planetary, and space science research at ASU and throughout the world.

Crow Peak

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Dhofar 1575

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Canyon Diablo spheres

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El Mirage

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Chesterville

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CMS at Phoenix Comicon! CMS Ph.D. Candidate Curtis Williams and Ph.D. Student Prajkta Mane represented the Center for Meteorite Studies at Phoenix Comicon this May, hosting a panel on meteorites with School of Earth … Continue Reading »
June 4 – Science Cafe: Worlds of Debris: Mars, the Moon, and Asteroids The Planetary Society is proud to invite you to an evening with scientists working on the Mars Curiosity and Opportunity missions, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Odyssey, and the Lunar … Continue Reading »
CMS Graduate Student Awarded NASA Fellowship! Congratulations to CMS Ph.D. student Prajkta Mane, the latest recipient of a NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF). This highly competitive fellowship is awarded to outstanding students pursuing graduate … Continue Reading »
Tucson Meteorite Collector Donates Green Space Rock to CMS! Greenish rock found in Morocco may be first from planet Mercury Arizona State University’s Center for Meteorite Studies recently received pieces of one of the rarest meteorites ever found. Aside … Continue Reading »

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Meteorite of the Month


Château-Renard June’s Meteorite of the Month is Château-Renard, an ordinary (L6) chondrite that fell near Montargis, in Loiret, France June 12, 1841. The meteorite’s fall was published in the American Journal … Continue Reading »