Old Swisher County Courthouse
Tulia (b) was found in Swisher County in 1917
Date: 04/08/2009
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Tulia (b) - 2.4 & 2.8 grams
Stones weighing 4.8 kilograms were collected by Harvey Nininger in 1917 and obtained from him by the Field Museum of Chicago, in 1940
Date: 01/01/2000
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Tulia (b) - 2.4 & 2.8 grams
Our samples of this find are classified as an L6 chrondrite
Date: 01/01/2000
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UT Collection - Large Tulia Stone
A very large Tulia stone which is on display at UT in Austin, TX - three different catalog numbers are painted on this specimen
Date: 05/24/2009
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Tulia (d) - 4.5 grams
Lots of metal in this meteorite as shown by this photo angle - it is classified as an H6 chrondrite
Date: 05/24/2009
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Tulia (d) - 4.5 grams
About 17.7 kilograms have been recovered of Tulia (d)
Date: 05/24/2009
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Uvalde County Court House
Uvalde is due west of San Antonio
Date: 11/10/2005
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Uvalde Landscape
The 8.2 kilogram meteorite was spotted on the side of the road and picked up back in 1915
Date: 07/04/2009
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Uvalde - 11.5 grams
Our interesting slice of this meteorite is classified as an H5 chondrite
Date: 07/04/2009
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Wellman Farmland
Wellman has wide open fields! A single 16.8 kg stone was found by a farmer in 1999
Date: 04/03/2009
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Wellman (f) - 2.05 grams
Our sample has been classified as an H3.5 chrondrite
Date: 01/01/2000
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Wellman (f) - 2.05 grams
It has a great distribution of metal flakes throughout the interior
Date: 01/01/2000
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Wellman Feed Store
A little bit of Texas history!
Date: 06/19/2009
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Wellman (c) - 57.3 grams
Found in Terry County, Texas - our stone was first recognized as a meteorite by Glenn Huss in 1965 - he collected almost 20 kilograms over a twenty year period
Date: 06/19/2009
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Wellman (c) - 57.3 grams
This stone has been classified as an H4 chondrite
Date: 06/19/2009
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UT Collection - Wichita County - Main Mass
In the 1800s this 320 pound meteorite was revered as a "medicine rock" by several Texas Indian tribes, including the Osage, Wichita, and Comanche who held their most important meetings around the meteorite in a secret cave
Date: 07/16/2009
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Wichita County - 2.12 grams
In the Spring of 1856 troopers from Fort Belknap transported the large meteorite to San Antonio - later it was moved to Austin for display in the Capitol - until the fire of 1881 - it now resides at UT
Date: 07/16/2009
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Wichita County - 2.12 grams
We have this small, extremely rare slice of the main mass! - it is classified as an iron meteorite belonging to the main group (MG) of the IAB complex
Date: 07/16/2009
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More to come!
We still have over 50% of our Texas meteorite specimens to photograph, research, and post - please visit again soon to see our progress...
Date: 02/23/2012
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