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Meteorite "Kelly"
Origin: Kelly, CO
Catalog Number: 398.2
Sample Weight: 1035 g
Type: Aerolite
Acquired from H. H. Nininger
Meteorite "Harrisonville"
Origin: Harrisonville, MO
Catalog Number: 176.28
Sample Weight: 1025.9 g
Type: Aerolite
from H.H. Nininger
Meteorite "Ness City"
Origin: Ness City, KS
Catalog Number: 87.11
Sample Weight: 1419 g
Type: Stone
Acquired from H.H. Nininger
Meteorite "Cope"
Origin: Cope, CO
Catalog Number: 116.7
Sample Weight: 796 g
Type: Stone
Acquired from H.H. Nininger
Meteorite "Tulia"
Origin: Swisher Co., TX
Catalog Number: 1
Sample Weight: 2942 g
Type: Stone
Acquired from H.H. Nininger
Meteorite "Staunton"
Origin: Staunton, VA
Catalog Number: 155.3
Sample Weight: 1268 g
Type: Siderite
Acquired from H.H. Nininger
Meteorite "Xiquipilco"
Origin: Mexico
Catalog Number: 128 mm
Sample Weight: 25,821 g
Type: Siderite
Acquired from H.H. Nininger
Meteorite "Henbury"
Origin: Henbury, Australia
Catalog Number: 193.183
Sample Weight: 3227 g
Type: Siderite
Acquired from H.H. Nininger
Meteorite "Horace"
Origin: Tribune Co., KS
Catalog Number: 448.2
Sample Weight: 273.2 g
Type: Aerolite
The nickel-iron granules embedded in this meteorite are easily seen.
Acquired from H.H. Nininger
Meteorite "Beenham"
Origin: Union Co., NM
Catalog Number: 414.50
Sample Weight: 1007.7 g
Total Weight: 45 lbs.
Type: Aerolite
Acquired from H.H. Nininger
Meteorite "Breece"
Origin: Breece, NM
Catalog Number: 18.4
Sample Weight: 1196.3 g
Total Weight: 51 kg
Type: Iron
Acquired from H.H. Nininger
Meteorite "Etter"
Origin: Etter, TX
Catalog Number: H47.218
Sample Weight: 578.0 g
Type: Stony, L6
First recognized as a meteorite in 1966.
The vein of metal running through this entire specimen is unusual in this type of stone meteorite.
Acquired from Tiara Observatory
Meteorite "Seagraves"
Origin: Seagraves, TX
Catalog Number: Seagraves
Sample Weight: 1418 g
Total Weight: 59 lbs.
An L5 chondrite with excellent black fusion crust. Polished full slice shows chondrules, metal, and crust.
from Tiara Observatory
Meteorite "Imilac"
Origin: Imilac, Chile
Catalog Number: 202.24
Sample Weight: 364.0 g
Type: Pallasite (Siderolite)
Very fine, rare pallasite. Olivine crystals are surrounded by a Ni-Fe matrix. This is a complete slice from an individual that has been polished and coated with shellac to protect the metal.
Acquired from Tiara Observatory
Meteorite "Sierra Madera"
Origin: Sierra Madera, TX
Sample Weight: 775.1 g
Type: Shattercones
From an ancient impact structure dating back at least 225 mil. years. Crater is 13 km in diameter with 5 km abrupt center uplift with height of 1200 m. Sample is piece of dolomite with centimeter sized shattercones on one side.
Acquired from Tiara Observatory
Meteorite "Gretna"
Origin: Gretna, IA
Sample Weight: 979.5 g
Total Weight: 58.7 kg
L5 olivine-hypersthene chondrite. Original red-brown fusion crust shows on one surface. Grains of metal are in pure metal phase and are Ni-Fe grains interspersed with some grains of a bronze color that are FeS (Triolite).
Acquired from H.H. Nininger
