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BRENHAM PALLASITE METEORITE!!!Terrific Etched Part Slice!!!Outstanding Olivine Crystals!!!Great Deal for the Highest Quality!!!Classification: PMG-An Pallasite!!!Find: July 1882!!!Location: Kiowa County, KansasTotal Known Weight: 4.3 Tons!!!Dimensions: 39.1 mm x 36.8 mm x 4.8 mmWeight: 28.8 grams!!!Brenham is a pallasite meteorite found near Haviland , a small town between Wichita and Dodge City in Kansas . Pallasites are a type of stony-iron meteorite that when cut and polished show yellowish olivine (peridot) crystals.The Brenham meteorite is associated with the Haviland Crater .HistoryA collector named H.O. Stockwell, in 1949 discovered a mass of 450 kilograms (990 lb), known at the time as "The World's Largest Pallasite Meteorite." In October 2005, the meteorite dealer Steve Arnold located and recovered the largest fragment ever found of Brenham: a single pallasite mass of 650 kilograms (1,430 lb).Classification and compositionBrenham is an anomalous pallasite (Pallasite-an)SpecimensThe 650 kilograms (1,430 lb) mass found by Steve Arnold is currently housed in a private collection in Texas.The 450 kilograms (990 lb) mass discovered in 1949 is called The Space Wanderer and is on display at The Big Well in Greensburg, Kansas . It was found and hand dug in the Ellis Peck farm, east of Greensburg.The world's largest collection of read more

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