ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR METEORITE STUDIES

TEMPE, AZ

The Arizona State University Center for Meteorite Studies (ASU CMS) is an internationally renowned research center located in Tempe, Arizona. The center is dedicated to the study of meteorites and related materials, with a focus on understanding their origin, composition, and history. Founded in 1983, the ASU CMS is now the world's largest university-based meteorite collection, with over 30,000 individual meteorite specimens from around the world.

The ASU Meteorite Collection is the world’s largest university-based meteorite collection and is the primary research collection of the ASU CMS. The collection includes rare and unique meteorites, and is used extensively for research and education. The collection is organized and cataloged according to the meteorite classification system established by the Meteoritical Society.

The ASU CMS also houses numerous instruments and facilities for meteorite research, including several scanning electron microscopes, an electron microprobe, an ion microprobe, an X-ray diffractometer, a mass spectrometer, a gamma ray spectrometer, and a variety of other analytical instruments.

In addition to its research and educational activities, the ASU CMS also serves as a public repository for new meteorite finds. It provides meteorite identification services, maintains a meteorite database, and provides educational information about meteorites and meteorite science.

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR METEORITE STUDIES is a Uncategorized or General Museum in TEMPE AZ. US MID #8400400282

The museum is classed as GMU (Uncategorized or General Museums). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Western (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington).

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• telephone: 4809654106
• website: http://meteorites.asu.edu

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR METEORITE STUDIES
SCHOOL OF EARTH & SPACE EXPLORATION
TEMPE
AZ
85287-2504

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