Meteorites Collection
His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council, Ruler of Sharjah, and Founder the University of Sharjah, has generously donated to the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology, an extensive collection of meteorites collected from all over the world.
The Unique Collection
The SAASST meteorite collection has some visually impressive and huge iron meteorites for exhibition purposes. There are over three thousand Kilograms ( 3,000 Kg ) of iron Meteorites, in various sizes from ten kilograms to nine hundred Kilograms.
Rare Meteorites
A collection of over 485 exotic and rare meteorites from all around the world of many different qualifications. This includes several “Lunar” and “Martian” meteorites, as well as rare Iron meteorites, Stony meteorites, Stony-iron meteorites, Mesosiderite meteorites, Impact Breccia category, Shatter Cone category, and many more.
Glass Meteorites
A collection of many thousand individual Tektites (glass meteorites) from various parts of the world, of many different categories, including Micro-tektites, Muong-Nong Tektites, Splash-form Tektites, etc.
Impact Breccia
A collection of many pieces of Impact Glass and Impact Breccia category.
Big Size of Tektites
A collection of more than 500 kilograms of various sizes of Tektites.
Genuine Meteorite
Including in the Collection is also a fuel cell of the Soviet SALYUT-7, from the 1960s and 14 framed Art pictures containing over 60 pieces of genuine meteorite.
The collection contains
More Than 8,000 Extraterrestrial Items
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Rare Meteorites
A collection of over 1000 exotic and rare meteorites that include "Lunar Meteorites," "Martian Meteorite," Iron meteorites, Stony meteorites, Stony-iron meteorites, and Mesosiderite meteorites.
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Tektites Meteorites
A collection of many thousand individual Tektites (glass meteorites) from various parts of the world, including Micro-tektites, Muong-Nong Tektites, Splash-form Tektites, etc.
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Unique Items
Fuel cell of the Soviet SALYUT-7 from the 1960s and 14 framed Art pictures containing over 60 pieces of genuine meteorite.
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