Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies

See what Center researchers are currently working on in this special behind-the-scenes feature! Center Curator Laurence Garvie is preparing to chemically extract “diamonds” from the Canyon Diablo iron (IAB-MG) meteorite. This work requires harsh chemicals, and is only performed by experienced researchers inside a fume hood, with full personal protective equipment. Read more about Dr….

The Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies is pleased to announce that we have once again joined museums nationwide in the Blue Star Museums initiative, a program that provides free admission to currently-serving U.S. military personnel and their families through September 4, 2023. Find the list of participating museums at arts.gov/bluestarmuseums. Blue Star Museums is a…

This spring, the Center hosted the Buseck Symposium on Solar System Exploration by Spacecraft and Microscope, addressing the synergy between space exploration and laboratory study of planetary materials. This symposium celebrated the renaming of the Center for Meteorite Studies in honor of Regents Professor Peter R. Buseck, and opened the call for applications for the…

A new exhibit at the Verde Valley Archaeology Center (VVAC) focuses on the occurrence of meteorites on archaeological sites, in particular meteorite fragments from the Canyon Diablo meteorite  discovered at ancient dwellings in Central Arizona of the Sinagua Culture. This special exhibit includes three meteorites from locations in or near Sinagua sites that are on…

Fisher is an ordinary (L6) chondrite that fell in Minnesota the afternoon of April 9th, 1894. Fisher is an L6 chondrite; the Meteoritical Society distinguishes L-group chondrites by their relatively low siderophile element content, moderate sized chondrules, and oxygen isotope compositions between those of H and LL group ordinary chondrites. Type 6 meteorites have been…