| Brenham | |
|---|---|
| Brenham | |
| Type | Stony–iron |
| Class | Pallasite |
| Group | Anomalous Pallasite (Pallasite-an)[1] |
| Composition | 8.5% Ni, 21.5 ppm Ga, 55.5 ppm Ge, 0.023 ppm Ir |
| Country | United States |
| Region | Kansas |
| Observed fall | No |
| Fall date | 20000 years ago |
| Found date | 1882 |
| TKW | 4.3 tonnes[1] |
Brenham[1] 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 beautiful yellowish olivine (peridot) crystals.
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A collector named H.O. Stockwell, in 1949 discovered a mass of 450 kg (1040 lbs)., 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 kg (1430 lbs).
Brenham is an anomalous pallasite (Pallasite-an)[1].
The 650 kg mass found by Steve Arnold is currently housed in a private collection in Texas.
The 450 kg 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 Brenham meteorite along with a 1200 pounds fragment is housed at the Kansas Meteorite Museum and Nature Center in Haviland, Kansas.[2]