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Laurence Garvie's Certificate

Laurence Garvie's Certificate

Texas Meteorites - N to Z

Date: 08/13/2009
Size: 82 items
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Big Bend National Park

Big Bend National Park

Located in Brewster County - it is the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert topography and ecology in the United States - the Peña Blanca Spring meteorite fell in this county

Date: 09/25/2009
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Peña Blanca Spring - .470 grams

Peña Blanca Spring - .470 grams

Our beautiful part slice of this meteorite has been classified as an achondrite belonging to the aubrite group

Date: 09/25/2009
Views: 1221
Peña Blanca Spring - .470 grams

Peña Blanca Spring - .470 grams

A look at the back side of the part slice - meteorite eye candy!

Date: 09/25/2009
Views: 1083
Map of Brewster County, TX

Map of Brewster County, TX

The county is dominated by the National Park which is bordered on the south by the Rio Grande River

Date: 09/26/2009
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Peña Blanca Spring - .080 grams

Peña Blanca Spring - .080 grams

Our small fragment shows great detail and color!

Date: 09/26/2009
Views: 1107
Peña Blanca Spring - .080 grams

Peña Blanca Spring - .080 grams

Another view of the bottom of the same fragment

Date: 09/26/2009
Views: 1138
UT Collection - Plainview - Large Stone

UT Collection - Plainview - Large Stone

In 1915 a farmer sent a sample of the Plainview meteorite into the Smithsonian Institution which confirmed the find - about a dozen more stones were collected and also sent into the Smithsonian over the next two years

Date: 01/01/2000
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Plainview (1917) - Slice

Plainview (1917) - Slice

In December of 1933 Harvey Nininger and his brother John went to Plainview and recovered an additional 26 stones from the meteorite fall - he paid a dollar a pound at the time - the total weight was 152 pounds

Date: 06/20/2009
Views: 1169
Plainview (1917) - Slice

Plainview (1917) - Slice

Our fantastic slice is classified as an H5 chondrite - it is full of metal and lots of inclusions and chondrules - the TKW of Plainview is more than 700 kilograms

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1142
Runnels County, Texas - cotton field

Runnels County, Texas - cotton field

The Pony Creek meteorite was purchased by Oscar Monnig in Runnels County

Date: 06/06/2009
Views: 1238
Pony Creek - 10.4 grams

Pony Creek - 10.4 grams

Our slice came from the Oscar E. Monnig Collection at TCU - the single 4,642 gram stone was originally found in 1947

Date: 06/06/2009
Views: 1116
Pony Creek - 10.4 grams

Pony Creek - 10.4 grams

The meteorite is classified as an H4 chondrite

Date: 06/06/2009
Views: 1031
Red River - Main Mass - Yale Peabody Museum

Red River - Main Mass - Yale Peabody Museum

In 1808 explorers in Texas found the large mass - a second group took it to the Red River and then by boat to New Orleans - it was shipped to New York and the Gibbs family took possession - Mrs. Gibbs later presented it to Yale

Date: 07/17/2009
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Red River - 1.82 grams

Red River - 1.82 grams

For many years Red River was the largest meteorite in any collection in the world - it weighed 742 kilograms - only a few small pieces were removed from it while it was in New York - which was the source of our collection's slice!

Date: 07/17/2009
Views: 1068
Red River - 1.82 grams

Red River - 1.82 grams

Our ultra-rare slice of Red River is classified as an iron meteorite belonging to chemical group IIIAB

Date: 07/17/2009
Views: 1111
Fayette County Courthouse

Fayette County Courthouse

Round Top (b) was found near La Grange in Fayette County in 1934

Date: 04/03/2009
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Round Top (b) - 7.5 grams

Round Top (b) - 7.5 grams

The Round Top (b) stone weighing about 7.17 kilograms was acquired by Oscar E. Monnig after canvassing farmers in the Round Top area

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 972
Round Top (b) - 7.5 grams

Round Top (b) - 7.5 grams

Most of this meteorite is still in the TCU collection - our sample is classified as an H4

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 986
Silvertown 1930s Farmhouse

Silvertown 1930s Farmhouse

The Silverton meteorite weighed 3,946 grams and was found in 1938

Date: 04/08/2009
Views: 1215
Silverton canyonlands

Silverton canyonlands

A view off Caprock into the valley - courtesy Eric Blackwell

Date: 04/08/2009
Views: 1133
Silverton - .82 grams

Silverton - .82 grams

Our small slice is classified is classified as an H4 chondrite

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1089
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