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Qarabawi’s Camel Charm: Tracing the meteoritic origins of a cultural artifact

Experimental insights into Stannern‐trend eucrite petrogenesis

Hiding in the howardites: Unequilibrated eucrite clasts as a guide to the formation of Vesta's crust

The origin of Vesta’s crust: Insights from spectroscopy of the Vestoids

Petrologic insights from the spectra of the unbrecciated eucrites: Implications for Vesta and basaltic asteroids

I am the Curator of the Oscar E. Monnig Meteorite Collection. This is one of the world’s largest university-based meteorite collections, which also includes a world-class museum, the Monnig Meteorite Gallery. Its presence at TCU offers both my undergraduate and graduate students unique opportunities in research, curation, and public outreach. I have been a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) for much of time here at TCU. In 2010, I was a member of the Antarctic Search for Meteorites field team, spending 2 months in Antarctica collecting meteorites whilst trying to stay warm.

My research explores the processes that occurred during the early history of our Solar System, with a primary focus on understanding the formation of differentiated bodies (those with a core, mantle, crust structure). My students and I primarily study the mineralogy, geochemistry, and spectra of asteroidal meteorites to gather information about planetary formation and Solar System evolution

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Ready to launch: Students create app to make meteorite gallery more inclusive

Asteroid Named After Rhiannon Mayne, Associate Professor and Curator of The Monnig Meteorite Gallery

Rhiannon Mayne Collects Meteorites

2nd Largest Meteorite Belongs To TCU

Oscar and Juanita Monnig Endowed Chair of Meteoritics and Planetary Science

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