Studying Meteorites

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Meteorites & Stromatolites

East Antarctica

Discover how scientists in The Field Museum's Robert A. Pritzker Center for Meteoritics and Polar Studies conduct research on meteorites to learn about the origins of our solar system and more!

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© The Field Museum, Photographer Jared Berent

Our Meteorite Collection

© The Field Museum, Photographer Philipp Heck

Robert A. Pritzker Center for Meteoritics and Polar Studies

© The Field Museum, Photographer Jared Berent

Intern Training

© 2011-2012 The Field Museum

The Digitization Project

© The Field Museum, GN90557_20D, Photographer Mark Widhalm

Studying Meteorites

© The Field Museum, Photographer James Holstein

Sampling a Specimen

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© The Field Museum, Photographer Jared Berent

Isolating Presolar Grains

© The Field Museum, Photographer Philipp Heck

Presolar Grain

© The Field Museum, GEO86193_2c, Photographer John Weinstein

Presolar Diamonds

© The Field Museum, Photographer Philipp Heck

Mass Spectrometer

© University of Chicago, Photographer: Dan Dry

Comparing Chemical Compositions

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Red Giant