Texas Lonhorn cow
The Forestburg meteorite was found 4 miles outside of town in 1957 - the ranchers in the area raise Longhorn cattle
Date: 04/08/2009
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Forestburg (a) - 5.2 grams
Our sample came from a single stone weighing 26.1 grams
Date: 01/01/2000
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Forestburg (a) - 5.2 grams
Our slice is classified as an L4 chrondite - this meteorite is also in both the Smithsonian and the Oscar E. Monnig Collections
Date: 01/01/2000
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Depot, Windmill, and Jail
Photo of the Terry County Heritage Museum located near the Foster meteorite fall
Date: 04/28/2009
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Foster - 10.91 grams
Our sample came from a second single stone weighing 26.6 grams which was found in a dry creek bed - it is not paired with Forestburg (a)
Date: 01/01/2000
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Foster - 10.91 grams
This slice is classified as an L5 chondrite
Date: 04/28/2009
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Oil Well near Frankel City
The 4.7 kilogram Frankel City meteorite was another one found by a farmer during the plowing of a field
Date: 08/18/2009
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Frankel City - 2.60 grams
This interesting meteorite was found in 1971
Date: 08/18/2009
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Frankel City - 2.60 grams
Our slice is classified as an L6 chondrite
Date: 01/01/2000
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2002 - Fredericksburg
The older parts of downtown were built by German immigrants
Date: 04/03/2009
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Fredericksburg
The city is near one of the bigger and more active wine growing regions of Texas
Date: 04/03/2009
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Fredericksburg - 3 grams
This is now officially named as the "Richland" meteorite and it it classified as an IIAB
Date: 04/03/2009
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Borden County Texas
The Gail meteorite was found in 1948 in Borden County - about 4.65 kilograms of material has been recovered
Date: 08/21/2009
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Borden Mountain
This "mountain" is in the same county where the Gail meteorite was found
Date: 08/21/2009
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Gail - 33.55 grams
Our big slice is classified as an H4 chondrite
Date: 08/21/2009
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Gaines County
The Gaines County Park meteorite was found in October 1977 by J. C. Snadgrass while he was plowing a grain field - the stone weighed 17.7 kilograms
Date: 08/18/2009
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Gaines County Park - 2.10 grams
Our interesting piece is classified as an H5 chondrite
Date: 08/18/2009
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Gaines County Park - 2.10 grams
Equal parts of the main mass are in the collection of Blaine Reed in Durango, Colorado and at the American Meteorite Laboratory in Denver, Colorado
Date: 08/18/2009
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Cochran County Landscape
The grassy Texas landscape of Cochran County is a good source of meteorite finds by farmers
Date: 06/19/2009
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Texas Supercell Thunderstorm
Take cover in Cochran County if a thunderstorm rolls in!
Date: 06/01/2007
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Griffith - 4.65 grams
Our polished slice is a piece of a rare and unusual ungrouped Ataxite from a 6 kilogram stone found in Cochran County in 1985
Date: 06/19/2009
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