Best of the vault: unique treasures from ASU's meteorite collection
These specimens are just a sampling of the many unique treasures housed in the ASU Center for Meteorite Studies collection.
Allende
This photo of the meteorite Allende shows grass adhering to the stone from the impact. ASU#818, 7888g.
Bishopville
Bishopville, an aubrite, is one of the rarities and odd meteorites in ASU’s collection. ASU#212s, 1077.1g.
Bruno
This close up of the Bruno iron meteorite shows fusion crust and regmaglypts. ASU#132.1x, 12.458g.
Canyon Diablo
Pictured above are Canyon Diablo impact spheroids. Cube is a 1 cm scale.
Chesterville
Chesterville is an IIAB iron meteorite. This image also shows pieces forged from the meteorite in the mid 1800s. ASU#251sf, 1750g.
Coolidge
This image shows part of a barred olivine chondrule from the Coolidge C4-ung carbonaceous chondrite. Blue is olivine and devitrified glass between the olivine bars. ASU#397.2x. Thin section. Field of view ~50 microns.
Graphite nodule
Shown here is a graphite nodule from the Canyon Diablo meteorite. White is metal, gray/black is graphite. ASU#34_133, 4121 g. Field of view ~5 cm.
Henbury shrapnel
Pictured here is Henbury shrapnel, an IIIAB iron meteorite. ASU#F193.4, 286.3g.
Holbrook
A jar with 750 individual, fusion crusted Holbrook "peas". Each weighs under 1 gram.
Losttown
The meteorite Losttown possesses a well developed Widmanstätten pattern. ASU holds the main mass. ASU#288s, 2512 g. Polished face 7 cm wide.
Norton County
Norton County, an aubrite, is irradiated with UV light showing bright yellow fluorescent enstatite. ASU#523, 10.9 g. Width of specimen is 3 cm.
NWA1152
NWA1152 is an nngrouped primitive carbonaceous chondrite (C3-ung). ASU#1628_1, 7.35g, Face is 4 cm wide.
Thika
Thika, an L6 ordinary chondrite, fell July 16, 2011 in Kiambu County, Kenya. ASU#1714_1, 377g.
Thumrayt
Thumrayt 001, is a pallasite. ASU#1685_1, 90.7g.
Wolf Creek
Wolf Creek, an IIIAB iron meteorite, is in the shape of a ball. ASU#673.3. 996.4g.