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Ash Creek Meteorites: Hunter's Collection

Date: 03/13/09
Size: 81 items
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"McCartney Stone" - 17 grams

"McCartney Stone" - 17 grams

Top view - McCartney sold his first find into our collection!

Date: 01/01/00
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"McCartney Stone" - 17 grams

"McCartney Stone" - 17 grams

Side view - notice the silver metal on the crust

Date: 01/01/00
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"McCartney Stone" - 17 grams

"McCartney Stone" - 17 grams

Back side - a good look at the secondary crust

Date: 01/01/00
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Michael Farmer and his team

Michael Farmer and his team

This news photo shows Michael Farmer and his team holding some of their finds - some team members were: Robert Ward, Shauna Russell, Robert Woolard, and Moritz Karl - Photo: Paul Moseley, Star-telegram

Date: 03/28/09
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The "Farmer Stone" in-situ

The "Farmer Stone" in-situ

This is the stone "in-situ" found by Michael Farmer that we eventually puchased for our collection

Date: 03/28/09
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One of the BIG ONES

One of the BIG ONES

Michael made one farmer's day by purchasing this huge 1.7 kilo stone for over 10K !! - image courtesy The Waco Tribune-Herald

Date: 03/28/09
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Michael Farmer

Michael Farmer

Michael lead the charge into the field and established relationships with many of the other "farmers" in the area - in this photo he is posed with the find that we purchased

Date: 03/28/09
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"Farmer Stone" - 6.46 grams

"Farmer Stone" - 6.46 grams

We were able to obtain this stone which was Michael's 10th find - it is another very dark crusted stone with a small break on one end which is dusted with light secondary crusting

Date: 01/01/00
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"Farmer Stone" - 6.46 grams

"Farmer Stone" - 6.46 grams

A side view of this incredible rock

Date: 01/01/00
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Mike Miller

Mike Miller

Mike came to Texas and joined the seach - he was one of the early lucky hunters to find a piece over 200 grams

Date: 03/14/09
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"Miller Slice" - 3.4 grams

"Miller Slice" - 3.4 grams

Mike also gave us another chance to see the inside of one of these beautiful stones. We obtained this great end cut.

Date: 01/01/00
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"Miller Slice" - 3.4 grams

"Miller Slice" - 3.4 grams

The outside of this stone was not nearly as dark crusted as our other samples

Date: 01/01/00
Views: 710
Patrick Thompson

Patrick Thompson

Patrick not only came to Texas to successfully find Ash Creek stones - but he also donated some of his finds to Portland State University

Date: 03/24/09
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"Thompson Stone" - 2.33 grams

"Thompson Stone" - 2.33 grams

This very dark crusted stone that we obtained from Patrick gave us our first good look at a broken sample

Date: 03/25/09
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"Thompson Stone" - 2.33 grams

"Thompson Stone" - 2.33 grams

A good look at the natural milky interior of this L6

Date: 03/25/09
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Ruben Garcia

Ruben Garcia

Ruben not only searched for meteorites - he also documented his experiences in several YouTube videos

Date: 02/21/09
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"Ruben Stone" - 8.4 grams

"Ruben Stone" - 8.4 grams

One video showed a fantastic dark stone which Ruben slowly rotated for the camera

Date: 01/01/00
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"Ruben Stone" - 8.4 grams

"Ruben Stone" - 8.4 grams

The back side is a bubbled symphony of fusion. Even after it had already passed through several hands we still managed to puchase it!

Date: 01/01/00
Views: 692
Rob Wesel

Rob Wesel

Rob Wesel poses with "Hopper the dog" - Hopper found one of the first meteorite pieces and dropped it on its owner's front porch!

Date: 04/10/09
Views: 708
"Wesel Stone"

"Wesel Stone"

A great broken fragment sample of this fall

Date: 04/10/09
Views: 677
"Wesel Stone"

"Wesel Stone"

The back side of this fragment is pitch black - this one is a little fragile and crumbly compared to our other samples

Date: 01/01/00
Views: 669
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