[meteorite-list] ASU/Tucson Gem Show Questions

[al mitt]

Greetings Shawn and all,

The ASU Collection is in Tempe, AZ. The Meteorite Museum is located in the 
ASU Bateman Physical Sciences Building C-Wing, Room 139.  Regular hours are 
Monday through Friday, 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Not open on holidays.

The Collection houses most of the former Nininger Collection and has been 
added to over the years. Dr. Carlton Moore was the first director/scientist 
who researched the collection and made significant additions to it. You can 
go to the website and read more about it and the researchers
 here: http://meteorites.asu.edu/about-us/people/researchers  and
 here: http://meteorites.asu.edu/about-us for details.

Some of the scientists like Dr. Laurence Garvie (Collections Manager), Dr. 
Meenakshi Wadhwa (researcher),  Dr. Michelle Minitti (assistant director) 
are often at the Tucson Show looking and socializing. I wrote a review of 
the collection in the February 2010 issue of Meteorite Magazine, titled The 
ASU Meteorite Collection. It will give you some idea about going and seeing 
the collection which I recommend.

It will take you a good two hours to get there from Tucson depending on 
traffic. I'd recommend leaving early and being up there when it is first 
opens. I'd leave before rush hour traffic in order to get back to Tucson. 
You should give such a field trip there 3/4's of a day. I'd try to contact 
the staff to see if they would consider giving you a backroom tour well 
ahead of time. Pehaps a group could arrange such a field trip.

Hope this helps. All my best!

--AL Mitterling
Mitterling Meteorites

----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn Alan" <photophlow at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:03 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] ASU/Tucson Gem Show Questions


Hello Listers,

Looks like the Gem show is already on its way in Tucson, I wonder what will 
be the hit this year at the show, only time will tell unless some Listers 
have a hunch? As for the shows I am wondering will ASU be par taking in the 
Tucson Gem activities and who's the Curator or in charge of the meteorite 
department, if anyone knows please let me know :)

Shawn Alan
IMCA 1633