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Arkansas Center for Space and
Planetary Sciences
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This
facility is funded by NASA and the University of Arkansas
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News and Events
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About Us
The Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary
Science maintains collections of samples that reflect and support its
research efforts. These are a
meteorite collection, a collection of terrestrial rocks and minerals, a
complete suite of feldspar samples, and a set of fluorescent minerals.
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The Collections
Meteorites
Rocks and
Minerals
Feldspars
Flourescent
Minerals
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Announcements,
press releases and newsletter
The monthly newsletter, press releases and
announcements of the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Science
sometimes contain items concerning the collections.
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The Paragould
Meteorite
The third largest meteorite to fall in north
America has been in Fayetteville since 1988. The property of the Field Museum in Chicago, the meteorite
was recently moved from the Mullins Library to the Arkansas Center for
Space and Planetary Sciences.
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Public
Lectures
Announcements of public lectures by researchers
in the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences of interest to
researchers associated with the collections.
Keck
Presentations
Researchers using the collections participate in
the weekly Keck Laboratory meetings.
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Graduate and undergraduate
research in Astrobiology
Students can perform research topics that involve
the sample collections through programs administered by the Arkansas Center
for Space and Planetary Science.
Click here learn about programs for academic year undergraduates
program, summer
undergraduate program, or the graduate student program.
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Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary
Sciences | University of
Arkansas
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Arkansas Center for Space and
Planetary Sciences,
202 Old Museum, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA. (479)
575-3170
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