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- The Institute of Meteoritics (IOM), founded in 1944, was one of the first
institutions in the world devoted to the study of meteorites. It is a premier
center for research on the origin and early history of our solar system and the
evolution of the planets Research in the IOM takes advantage of
state-of-the-art laboratory facilities housed within IOM and the Department of
Earth and Planetary Sciences. Our research emphasizes geochemical and microbeam
studies of extraterrestrial materials. The IOM meteorite collection now totals
more than 600 different meteorites, and is an extremely valuable asset for
researchers worldwide. Many specimens are displayed in our Meteorite Museum.
Website:http://epswww.unm.edu/iom/about-us.htm
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