Meteorite Exhibit
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Field Trips - by appointment
Orange Coast College
2701 Fairview Road
Costa Mesa, California 92626
Tel: (714) 432-5880
Email: occtickets@occ.cccd.edu
Public Access - Wednesdays 11AM - 2PM / Fridays 1PM - 4PM
Opening Day - OCC Planetarium Meteorite Exhibit
Official Photo Album - click here
Interactive Mars Experience
Dustin and a future cosmochemist examine a martian meteorite
WHAT'S ON EXHIBIT?
LUNAR METEORITE
Classification: Lunar Feldspathic Breccia
Official Name: NWA 14041
Year Found: 2021
Location: Mali
Mass: 3.4 Kgs / 7.5 Lbs.
Available Lunar Meteorites and Lunar Jewelry click here
MARTIAN METEORITE
Classification: Martian Meteorite
Subclass: Shergottite
Official Name: NWA 6963
Year Found: 2011
Location: Northwest Africa
Mass: ~30 grams
Available Martian Meteorites and Martian Jewelry click here
CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE METEORITE
Classification: CO3
Official Name: NWA 14489
Year Found: 2021
Location: Mali
Mass: 478.6g / ~1 Lbs.
Classification: CK5
Official Name: NWA 12925
Year Found: 2018
Location: Morocco
Mass: 62 grams
Available Carbonaceous Chondrites click here
PALLASITE METEORITE
Classification: Pallasite
Official Name: Admire
Year Found: 1881
Location: Admire, Kansas
Mass: ~830g / ~2 Lbs.
Available Pallasite Specimens and Pallasite Jewelry click here
IRON METEORITE
Classification: IAB Iron Meteorite
Official Name: Canyon Diablo
Year Found: 1891
Location: Winslow, AZ
Mass: ~18Kgs / ~40 Lbs.
Classification: IIIAB Iron Meteorite
Official Name: Tambo
Year Found: 1950
Location: Ayacucho, Peru
Mass: ~2.4Kgs / ~5 Lbs
EUCRITE HED METEORITE (4 Vesta)
Classification: Eucrite (Achondrite - HED)
Official Name: NWA 12929
Year Found: 2016
Location: Northwest Africa
Mass: ~2,4Kgs / ~5 Lbs.
Available HED Specimens and Jewelry click here