Odessa Meteorite
Find / Fall: Find – 1922
Location: Texas, USA
Classification: Iron, IAB-MG
Total Known Weight: 1.6 MT
The Odessa Crater in Texas was the second recognized impact crater in the United States. Found around the crater were fragments of nickel-iron meteorite. Odessa meteorites are the coarse octahedrite type iron meteorite and often have a beautiful naturally sculptured form.
The whole individual specimens are former University of New Mexico collection specimens.