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IUGS International Geoheritage Sites
Take a tour of our amazing planet’s geologically important sites, and find a free downloadable illustrated book of the first 100!
Planetary Geologist Marvel: Ursula B. Marvin
“Among Harvard’s greatest treasures are people who revel in discovery and disperse dusty clouds of ignorance.” - David Kring
Lonsdaleite First Discovered at Meteor Crater!
“The Barringer Crater in Arizona, United States, was formed by the asteroid Canyon Diablo meteorite, where Lonsdaleite was first found in 1967. “
Moissanite was Discovered in 1893 at Meteor Crater
Moissaninte, a silicon carbide mineral, was first discovered by Henri Moissan in 1893 in carbonacious chondrite rock samples at Meteor Crater!
A Shared Memory of Gene Shoemaker and The Crater…
The Crater, and the incredible scientists studying it, create powerful impressions for so many over the years!
Mineral First Discovered at Barringer Crater
In 1967 a new diamond-hard mineral was discovered at the Barringer Meteorite Crater. It is named lonsdaleite, after the first female crystalographer of the Royal Society of London, Kathleen Londsdale.