Canyon Diablo, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
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Discovered in 1891 35 miles east of Flagstaff, Arizona, the Barringer crater is the best preserved meteor crater in the world and probably the best known. At 570 feet deep and 4,100 feet in diameter, this crater was formed some 20-30,000 years ago by the impact of a nickel-iron meteorite. Fragments have been found as far as 11 miles away from the crater and several tons of meteorite fragments have been recovered over the years, the largest weighing over 1400lbs. This can be seen in the museum at the crater. A course Octahedrite (type IA). |
Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA
A type IA Coarse Octahedrite containing 7¼% nickel, this fall was discovered in 1922.
Landes, Grant County, West Virginia, USA
A medium Octahedrite with silicate inclusions, this 200lb stone was discovered in 1930.
Glorieta Mountains, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
This Siderite/Pallasite was discovered in 1884. Since then, further fragments totalling over 300lbs have been recovered.
Picacho, New Mexico, USA
An Octahedrite, cosmic ray analysis of this stone has shown that it spent some 700 million years in space prior to falling on Earth.
Jamestown, North Dakota, USA
A Course Octahedrite (type IA), this meteorite is very similar to the one that made Barringer Crater in Arizona. 2½ inches long, it is 92½% iron and 7½% nickel.
Toluca, Xiquipilco, Mexico
Discovered in 1776, the largest recovered fragment of this coarse octahedrite weighed in at 300lbs
Bath Furnace, Bath County, Kentucky, USA
An Olivine-Hypersthene Chondrite, three stones weighing ½lb, 13lbs and 177lbs that fell on 15th November 1902 were recovered.
Brownfield Field, Terry County, Texas, USA
An Olivine-Bronzite Chondrite (type H3), 7 stones weighing 100lbs were recovered.
Cumberland Falls, Whitley County, Kentucky, USA
A Calcium-poor achondrite, fragments weighing 311lbs were recovered from this fall on 9th April 1919.
Dimmitt, Castro County, Texas, USA
A brecciated Olivine-Bronzite Chondrite (type H3.8), 21 stones totalling over 30lbs have been found since it was discovered in 1942. It is unusual in that it contains microscopic diamonds.
Farmington, Washington County, Kansas, USA
A black brecciated Olivine-Hypersthene Condrite (type L5), two stones were recovered, one weighing 188lbs, one 9lbs, after it fell on 25th June 1890.
Haxtun, Colorado, USA
A chondrite displaying both H4 and L4 characteristics, this nickel-iron meteorite was discovered in August 1975.
Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
On 19th July 1912, 14,000 meteorites totalling 481lbs fell on this area of the south western United States. A type L6 Olivine-Hypersthene Chondrite, the largest stone weighed 14½lbs.
Kendleton, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA
On 2nd May 1939, 44 miles south west of Houston Texas, 13 complete stones and 15 fragments totalling over 17lbs were recovered from this brecciated type L4 Olivine-Hypersthene Chondrite.
Long Island, Phillips County, Kansas, USA
Discovered in 1891, 3000 fragments weighing over 1240lbs of this Olivine-Hypersthene (type L6) Chondrite were recovered.
Macy, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA
This Olivine-Hypersthene Chondrite (type L6) was discovered in 1984.
Ozona, Crockett County, Texas, USA
Discovered in 1929, fragments totalling over 300lbs, this is a type H6 Olivine-Bronzite Chondrite. The largest fragment weighed in at 110lbs.
Pena Blanca Spring, near Marathon, Brewster County, Texas, USA
A Calcium-poor Achondrite, totalling over 100lbs, fell on 28th February 1946,
Semla, Dallas County, Alabama, USA
An Olivine-Bronzite Chondrite (type H4), a single weathered stone weighing 310lbs was discovered in 1906.
Travis County, Texas USA
A black Olivine-Bronzite Chondrite (type H5), stones totalling almost 400lbs were discovered in 1889.
Allende, Chuhuahua, Mexico
 Stone Museum of Geology |
A carbonaceous chondrite (type CV3), this meteorite fell on 8th February 1969. It contains Calcium Aluminium inclusions formed during the birth of the solar system. Dating from 4,500 million years ago, this specimen is the oldest in our collection. |
Norton County, Kansas, USA
This Calcium-poor Achondrite was seen to explode over the American midwest on 18th Debruary 1948. Over 100 stones have been recovered to date.
Happy Canyon, Armstrong County, Texas, USA
This Enstatite Chondrite (type E6) was ploughed up by a farner in 1971.
Etter, Moore County, Texas, USA
This Olivine-Bronzite Chondrite (type H6), containing jade green silicate inclusions, was discovered in 1965.
Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas, USA
Weighing 75lbs, this Olivine-Bronzite Chondrite (type H6) was discovered in 1983.
Haviland, Kiowa County, Kansas, USA
Two Olivine-Bronzite Chondrites (type H5) have been discovered here. One in 1935, one in 1976.
Faucett, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA
An Olivine-Bronzite Chondrite (type H5), eight stones weighing over 250lbs have been recovered from this fall in 1907.
Happy, Swisher County, Texas, USA
An Olivine-Bronzite Chondrite (type H3/H4).
Seagraves, Gaines County, Texas, USA
Discovered in 1962, this is an Olivine-Bronzite Chondrite (type H5).
Seminole, Gaines County, Texas, USA
A type H6 Olivine-Bronzite Chondrite, this stone was first recognised as a meteorite only in 1976. Its original date of fall or discovery is not known.
Correo, Valencia County, New Mexico, USA
A type H4 Olivine-Bronzite Chondrite, this stone was discovered in 1979.
Julesburg, Sedgewick County, Colorado, USA
A type L3 Olivine-Hypersthene Chondrite, this single stone weighing over 125lbs, was discovered in 1963.
Tulia, Swisher County, Texas, USA
An Olivine-Bronzite Chondrite, two stones were ploughed up by a farmer in 1917, one weighing 40lbs, one 23lbs.
Oliver, Kimball County, Nebraska, USA
This 17lb Olivine-Hypersthene Chondrite was discovered in 1984.
Owasco, Kimball County, Nebraska, USA
An Olivine-Hypersthene Chondrite, fifteen specimens totalling over 400lbs were discovered in 1984. These meteorites are unique in that they have no fusion crust.
Salaices, Chihuahua, Mexico
An H4 type Olivine-Cronzite Chondrite, this 9lb stone was discovered in 1971.
Tuxtuac, Zacatecas, Mexico
An Olivine-Hypersthene Chondrite Amphoterite (type LL5), two stones totaling 10lbs were recovered from this fall on 16th October 1975.
Valle de Allende, Chuhuahua, Mexico
An Olivine-Hypersthene Chondrite, this stone was discovered in 1983.
Nuevo Mercurio, Zacatecas, Mexico
Hundreds of small stones, weighing between 3 - 20 grams each, fell on this small mining town on 15th December 1978. All are Olivine-Bronzite Chondrites (type H5).
Albin, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
An 83lb Pallasite, this stone was discovered in 1915, but not recongnised as a meteorite until twenty years later.
Brenham, Kiowa County, Kansas, USA
One of the most beautiful meteorites discovered in the United States, this Pallasite contains yellow olivine crystals in a nickel-iron matrix. It was found in 1882.
Mincy, Missouri, USA
A Brecciated Mesosiderite, this meteorite is a mixture of metal and stoney fragments.
Estherville, Iowa, USA
A Mesosiderite that fell in 1879, this stone contains Olivine and Howardite, a fragmented basalt.
