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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: 09/25/09
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Peña Blanca Spring - .470 grams
Our beautiful part slice of this meteorite has been classified as an achondrite belonging to the aubrite group
Date: 09/25/09
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Peña Blanca Spring - .470 grams
A look at the back side of the part slice - meteorite eye candy!
Date: 09/25/09
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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: 09/26/09
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Peña Blanca Spring - .080 grams
Our small fragment shows great detail and color!
Date: 09/26/09
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Peña Blanca Spring - .080 grams
Another view of the bottom of the same fragment
Date: 09/26/09
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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: 01/01/00
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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: 06/20/09
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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: 01/01/00
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Runnels County, Texas - cotton field
The Pony Creek meteorite was purchased by Oscar Monnig in Runnels County
Date: 06/06/09
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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: 06/06/09
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Pony Creek - 10.4 grams
The meteorite is classified as an H4 chondrite
Date: 06/06/09
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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: 07/17/09
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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: 07/17/09
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Red River - 1.82 grams
Our ultra-rare slice of Red River is classified as an iron meteorite belonging to chemical group IIIAB
Date: 07/17/09
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Fayette County Courthouse
Round Top (b) was found near La Grange in Fayette County in 1934
Date: 04/03/09
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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: 01/01/00
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Round Top (b) - 7.5 grams
Most of this meteorite is still in the TCU collection - our sample is classified as an H4
Date: 01/01/00
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Silvertown 1930s Farmhouse
The Silverton meteorite weighed 3,946 grams and was found in 1938
Date: 04/08/09
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Silverton canyonlands
A view off Caprock into the valley - courtesy Eric Blackwell
Date: 04/08/09
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Silverton - .82 grams
Our small slice is classified is classified as an H4 chondrite
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 462
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