This collection includes approximately 33000 registered mineral specimens representing the range of minerals found in South Australia. More than 1500 species are represented, providing good coverage of the species and localities from across South Australia. The museum holds significant collections such as the Francis Collection, a comprehensive collection of the minerals of the Precambrian iron formations of the Middleback Ranges, quartz crystals from Mount Lofty Ranges White Rock Quarry, the Hall and Dunstan Collections, including secondary minerals of Broken Hill, and the O’Neill Collection, representing the Olympic Dam copper-gold-uranium deposit. The collection includes specimens from historically significant copper mines in Burra, Moonta and Wallaroo, and from South Australian opal fields. The data includes information about mineral species, varieties, localities from which specimens were collected and information about their acquisition. The South Australian Museum manages this dataset using the KE EMu collection management system. The full dataset is published on data.sa.gov.au as a .csv file.

Image database of meteorites of martian origin collected by the Antarctic Search for Meteorites Program.

Image database of meteorites of lunar origin collected by the Antarctic Search for Meteorites Program.

This data set contains meteoroid orbits from photographic, TV system, and radar meteoroid surveys collected from the International Astronomical Union Meteor Data Center (IAU MDC) by Duncan Steel and reviewed and discussed in Steel (1996). The data cover the time period 1940-1983.

Image database of meteorites believed to have originated from Vesta.

This data set contains meteoroid orbits from photographic, TV system, and radar meteoroid surveys collected from the International Astronomical Union Meteor Data Center (IAU MDC) by Duncan Steel and reviewed and discussed in Steel (1996). The data cover the time period 1940-1983.

Meteor Crater, located in northern Arizona, is one of the best preserved and easily accessible impact sites on Earth. Scientific investigations of this crater have led to improvements in our understanding of impact mechanics, cratering dynamics, and ejecta distribution [e.g., 1-5]. In addition, this site has a rich history as a terrestrial analog that has been used for training astronauts, scientists, and engineers [e.g., 6-8]. In the 1970s Dr. David Roddy conducted a rotary drilling campaign at Meteor Crater, along the rim, flanks, and surrounding ejecta blanket [9]. This work resulted in 2,500 m of drill cuttings from 161 drill holes. The original samples were placed in sandwich-sized plastic bags with slips of paper that recorded drilling information (depth, hardness, losses) and sample notes [10]. They were stored in core boxes labeled with the drill hole number and footage interval. In 2008, a modern curation process was begun to properly document and store these invaluable samples, following procedures developed with guidance from the USGS Core Research Center. Samples were transferred to 200 mL polyethylene bags and placed in new, more durable storage boxes. All pertinent information from each sample bag was recorded in a digital database. For long-term archival purposes, 5 mL of representative material from each drill hole sample was placed in a separate 20 mL polyethylene bag labeled with the drill hole number and depth. Each archival sample was placed in a protective manila coin envelopes, labeled with drill hole number and depth. The archival sample collection is stored in a separate building from the full sample collection. The Meteor Crater Sample Collection is stored on the USGS Flagstaff campus. Images and sample data can be accessed electronically through the USGS Astrogeology website (https://www.usgs.gov/centers/astrogeology-science-center/science/terrestrial-analog-sample-collections?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects). This site includes an interactive map and links to drill hole documentation and database, as well as sample request forms. 1. Shoemaker, E. M. (1959) USGS OFR 59-108. 2. Shoemaker, E. M. (1963) In: Moon, Meteorites, and Comets, v. 4, p. 301-336. 3. Mittlefehldt, D. W. (2005) GSA Special Paper v. 384, p. 367-390. 4. Artemieva, N. and Pierazzo, E. (2009) Meteor. and Planet. Sci. v. 44, p. 25-42. 5. Artemieva, N. and Pierazzo, E. (2011) Meteor. and Planet. Sci. v. 46, p. 805-829. 6. Schaber, G. G. (2005) USGS OFR 2005-1190, 1161 p. 7. Kring, D. A. (2007) Lunar and Planetary Inst. 150 p. 8. Evans, C. A., et at. (2020) AGU Fall meeting, abstract #P063-01. 9. Roddy, D. J., et al. (1975) Proc. Lunar Sci. Conf. 6th, p. 2621-2644. 10. Hagerty, J. J. et al. (2010) Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, abstract #2213.

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The National Geochemical Survey of Australia (NGSA) is Australia’s only internally consistent, continental-scale geochemical atlas and dataset. The present dataset contains additional mineralogical data obtained on NGSA samples selected from the Darling-Curnamona-Delamerian (DCD) region of southeastern Australia for the first partial data release of the Heavy Mineral Map of Australia (HMMA) project. The HMMA, a collaborative project between Geoscience Australia and Curtin University underpinned by a pilot project establishing its feasibility, is part of the Australian Government-funded Exploring for the Future (EFTF) program. The selected 223 NGSA sediment samples fall within the DCD polygon plus an approximately one-degree buffer. The samples were taken on average from 60 to 80 cm depth in floodplain landforms, dried and sieved to a 75-430 µm grainsize fraction, and the contained heavy minerals (HMs; i.e., those with a specific gravity >2.9 g/cm3) were separated by dense fluids and mounted on cylindrical epoxy mounts. After polishing and carbon-coating, the mounts were subjected to automated mineralogical analysis on a TESCAN® Integrated Mineral Analyzer (TIMA). Using scanning electron microscopy and backscatter electron imaging integrated with energy dispersive X-ray analysis, the TIMA identified over 140 different HMs in the DCD area. The dataset, consisting of over 29 million individual mineral grains identified, was quality controlled and validated by an expert team. The data released here can be visualised, explored and downloaded using an online, bespoke mineral network analysis tool (MNA) built on a cloud-based platform. Accompanying this report are a data file of TIMA results and a mineralogy vocabulary file. When completed in 2023, it is hoped the HMMA project will positively impact mineral exploration and prospectivity modelling around Australia, as well as have other applications in earth and environmental sciences.

This comprehensive data set from The Meteoritical Society contains information on all of the known meteorite landings. The Fusion Table is collected by Javier de la Torre and we've also provided an XLS file that consists of 34,513 meteorites and includes the following fields: place type_of_meteorite mass_g fell_found year database coordinate_1 coordinates_2 cartodb_id created_at updated_at year_date longitude latitude geojson **5/14/13 Please find an updated data set from The Meteoritical Society that includes more recent meteorites. Under NameType, 'valid' is for most meteorites and 'relict' are for objects that were once meteorites but are now highly altered by weathering on Earth. http://visualizing.org/datasets/meteorite-landings