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1922 - Odessa - The original Texas oil patch
Odessa is out in west Texas - a dry, desert-like part of the state - with lots of oil!
Date: 04/03/09
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Odessa - 12.8 grams
The Odessa Crater - and four smaller craters - were formed by a large shower of nickel-iron meteorites - it is estimated the event occurred some 24,000 to 25,000 years ago
Date: 01/01/00
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Odessa - 12.8 grams
Our samples are classified as an Iron - IAB-MG
Date: 01/01/00
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Odessa Crater Excavation
From 1939 until 1941 all of these trenches were dug by hand! - Dr. Virgil Barnes, a geologist from the University of Texas was one of the scientists who was at the site
Date: 06/01/09
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Odessa - 8.5 grams
To date about 1.6 metric tons of meteorite material has been recovered from the Odessa crater
Date: 06/01/09
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Odessa - 8.5 grams
Our Odessa meteorite slice has an interesting interlocking pattern of iron-nickel bands
Date: 06/01/09
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Texas Memorial Museum
The Texas Natural Science Center in the museum is the home of the UT Collection of Meteorites
Date: 06/05/09
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UT Collection - Large Odessa Stone
A very large Odessa stone on display at UT in Austin, TX - it looks like it might need a good rust treatment!
Date: 06/05/09
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UT Collection - Large Odessa End-cut
A really big etched end-cut of a sample on display at UT in Austin, TX
Date: 06/05/09
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Odessa Trenches
Glen Evans was the geologist in charge of the exploration of the crater from 1939 until 1941 - he was part of the Bureau of Economic Geology - forming a joint venture involving Federal, State and County agencies
Date: 09/08/09
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Odessa - 38.8 grams
Our end-cut shows the interior of this historic iron meteorite
Date: 09/08/09
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Odessa - 38.8 grams
Our end-cut also gives a good look at the crust on the outside of the recovered individuals
Date: 09/08/09
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Dawson County cotton field
The cotton fields of Dawson County where the O'Donnell meteorite was found in 1992 are now full of power generating windmills
Date: 04/08/09
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O'Donnell - 13 grams
A single 12.7 kilogram stone was found by a farmer who was plowing one of those cotton fields
Date: 01/01/00
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O'Donnell - 13 grams
Our slice is classified as an H5 chondrite
Date: 01/01/00
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Ozona
Ozona has big hills and rugged landscape - the Ozona meteorite was found here in 1929 by Harvey Nininger
Date: 05/06/07
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Ozona - .70 grams
Our small sample is classified as an H6 chondrite - the TKW of Ozona is about 127.5 kilograms
Date: 01/01/00
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UT Collection - Large Ozona Stone
A very large sample stone of the Ozona meteorite on display at UT in Austin, TX - it looks a little bit like an old, weathered NWA stone
Date: 01/01/00
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Peña Blanca Spring Meteorite Recovery
The Peña Blanca Spring meteorite plunged into a natural springs swimming pool on the Gage ranch in Brewster County on August 2, 1946 in front of many witnesses - the stones were quickly retrieved from the water
Date: 09/25/09
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Original Peña Blanca Spring Meteorites
Two very large stones (47 kilograms and 13 kilograms) are shown along with a significant number of smaller stones - the total weight recovered was about 70 kilograms
Date: 09/25/09
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UT Collection - Peña Blanca Spring
One of the large stones is now on display at the Texas Memorial Museum at the University of Texas in Austin
Date: 09/25/09
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