Camel Donga is an achondrite found on the Nullarbor Plain of Western Australia in 1984. The word “donga” is a term for “campsite” in Australia. Camel Donga is a eucrite (monomict breccia), part of the HED group of meteorites (Howardites-Eucrites-Diogenites). These meteorites are believed to originate from the cooling of magma on the surface of […]
Behind the Scenes: Preparing meteorite for analysis
See what Center researchers are currently working on in this special behind-the-scenes feature! Center affiliated Barrett Honors College undergraduate student Eric Orson prepares a grain of the Tarda meteorite for analysis via Secondary Emission Microscopy in the ASU Meteorite Laboratory as part of his honor’s thesis project. Photo © ASU/SESE/BCMS. […]
Season’s Greetings
Season’s greetings from the ASU Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies, home of the Carleton B. Moore Meteorite Collection! Photo: Erg Chech 002, an ungrouped achondrite found in 2020 in Algeria’s Erg Chech sand sea. […]
Puente-Ladron
Puente-Ladron is a type L ordinary chondrite found in Socorro County, New Mexico by Harvey H. Nininger. On May 17, 1944, H.H. Nininger stopped for a bit of lunch on a lonely stretch of New Mexico highway and, as was his habit, scanned the area around him for meteorites while eating. “I started on, but […]
BCMS at Homecoming 2023
This year’s ASU Homecoming Block Party celebrations were out of this world with the addition of the Center’s touchable meteorite specimens and student outreach ambassadors, led by NASA Space Grant Intern Sam Campbell. Even Sparky couldn’t resist holding a space rock! Photo © ASU/BCMS/Sam Campbell. […]