R. S. Dietz Museum of Geology

The R.S. Dietz Museum of Geology houses minerals, gems, fossils from Arizona and around the world. It also has a six-story Foucault pendulum; local fossils including Columbian mammoth remains excavated in 1985, 1997 and 1999; real dinosaurs, a giant-extinct fossil shark over 7 feet tall (to be featured on the National Geographic Channel in 2009) a rare T-rex brain cavity and cast and many other rare and extinct fossil mammals including saber-toothed cats.

The museum also features several large meteorites from the ASU Center for Meteorite Studies; Ore minerals and crystals from the many Arizona open-pit and underground mines, a gemstone exhibit and a 6-foot tall amethyst geode at the museum entrance.

Other exhibits include: Volcanology; Mineralogy, Geology of Arizona; Rocks of the Grand Canyon and Arizona's State Fossil: Fossil wood from the Petrified Forest proposed by 2 former ASU Geology faculty members in 1988.

Hours

• Monday through Friday: 9 a.m. to 12:30
• Museum is closed during semester breaks and summer break

Address

Bateman Physical Sciences Center, F-wing, Room 186
Palm Walk and University Drive

Contact Information

Telephone: 480-965-7065
Email: b.archer@asu.edu
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