Meteorite: Iron Octahedrite
name: label: Discipline
content: Mineral Sciences
label: Region
content: US South Central (TX, LA, OK, AR)
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Geologic Age
content: Holocene (Recent)
label: Notes
content: 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%).
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Oct 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: North America, United States, Texas, Ector County
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Meteorite: Iron Octahedrite
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO45305
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections