Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies

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…

The application opportunity for the 2021-22 Nininger Meteorite Award for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing research in meteoritical sciences is closing April 7, 2023. The Nininger Meteorite Award recognizes outstanding student achievement in the meteoritical sciences as embodied by an original research paper.  Papers must cover original research conducted by the student and must have…

From all of us at the ASU Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies, sincere and heartfelt thanks to everyone who supports our mission – on Sun Devil Giving Day, and every other day. We couldn’t do it without you! Photos: Top, attendees of the recent Buseck Symposium tour the vault with Curator Laurence Garvie. Left, BCMS…

Click on the links below to learn about new and current research in the Center! A. Lázár, Zsombor Molnár, Attila Demény, László Kótai, László Trif, Kende Attila Béres, Eszter Bódis, Gábor Bortel, László Előd Aradi, Máté Karlik, Máté Zoltán Szabó, Áron Pekker, Gergely Németh, Katalin Kamarás, Laurence A. J. Garvie and  Péter Németh (2023) Insights into the amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) → ikaite → calcite…

March 16 is Sun Devil Giving Day – 24 hours to show the world what you can accomplish when you join forces to support Arizona State University and the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies (BCMS)! Every dollar counts, and your gift helps support our pursuit of new knowledge about the origin of our Solar System…