UCLA Meteorites

The Gallery is temporarily closed. NOTICE: UCLA NO LONGER ACCEPTS SUSPECTED METEORITES FOR IDENTIFICATION.

UCLA no longer accepts specimens of suspected meteorites for identification. Specimens sent in the mail will not be opened and will not be returned. Specimens brought in person will not be accepted and will not be examined. No member of the staff is devoted to specimen identification. Meteorites from the general public will not be verified or appraised. UCLA is not responsible for any unsolicited specimens and is not responsible for returning them to the senders.

12/11/2021

Our back-lit pallasite Esquel is back on display after it’s time on exhibit at the UCLA Fowler Museum “The Map and the Territory:100 years of collecting at UCLA.”

The specimens were displayed under the thematic title “Beyond” which highlighted how humans have interpreted, imagined, and connected to the universe through objects. Meteorites represent a tangible resource that have provided important information about the origin of the Solar System, the formation of the planets, and the final gasps of dying stars. “The Map and the Territory” debuted during Summer 2021 and recently closed this Fall.

12/01/2020

Check out our December 2020 lecture in our UCLA Meteorite Gallery Lecture Series by Dr. Alan Rubin on Youtube! Once a month, the UCLA Meteorite Collection hosts a public lecture on a
topic in planetary science, usually dealing with meteorite research, meteorite collecting or asteroid studies. Attendees include both professional scientists and interested amateurs. All are welcome.

Join our newsletter by emailing [email protected] and join our virtual lecture series by visiting the events page on our website linked in the bio.

Title: The Origin of Chondrules Lecturer: Dr. Alan Rubin, University of California, Los Angeles Chondrules are submillimeter-size igneous spherules that form...

11/15/2020

Join us today at 2:30 p.m. for a lecture on carbonaceous chondrites and what they tell us about early solar system processes by Dr. Adrian Brearley from the University of New Mexico ☄️🌎 Link in bio.
Figure citation: Andersen, Anja C., and Henning Haack. "Carbonaceous chondrites: tracers of the prebiotic chemical evolution of the Solar System." International Journal of Astrobiology 4.1 (2005): 13.

09/18/2020

Please join the UCLA Meteorite Gallery Lecture Series this Sunday (9/20) at 2:30 pm for Dr. Andy Davis’ presentation about his study of dust grains from supernovae in meteorites ✨☄️ Link to Zoom lecture in bio.

Photo credit: NASA/ESA/HEIC and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)>

08/09/2020

Please join us tomorrow at 2:30 pm Pacific Time for a lecture from Dr. Meenakshi Wadhwa from Arizona State University as she discusses tales from the meteorite vault. Link in bio. 🌎🌘☄️

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