Object Details
- Discipline
- Mineral Sciences
- Region
- US South Central (TX, LA, OK, AR)
- Description
- This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
- Geologic Age
- Holocene (Recent)
- Metallic gray sample of an iron meteor from Odessa Crater site in the southwestern part of Ector County, Texas, that impacted the Earth approximately 50,000 years ago. The Odessa Crater site contains five meteorite impact craters, and the whole site itself is only one of several meteor impact sites in the immediate area. This octahedrite meteorite is composed of iron, nickel (7.2%), and cobalt (1.5%).
- Number of objects in this record
- 1
- Record Last Modified
- 26 Oct 2023
- USNM Number
- EO45305
- Object Type
- Education and Outreach collections
- Collecting Locality
- North America, United States, Texas, Ector County
- Scientific Name
- Meteorite: Iron Octahedrite
- See more items in
- Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
- Topic
- Education & Outreach
- Record ID
- nmnheducation_10024631
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3543177a4-e151-4b88-8536-9f6d73b0c645
