Look for a “sea lily” among the numerous sea urchins on the slab from Brown County.
Geology Gallery
Explore treasures from the geological and paleontological collections, including meteorites, tektites, agates and fossils with extraordinary preservation.
Meteorites on exhibit include many of those acquired by the State of Texas during early geological surveys, and those added since that time for both research and display. Especially notable are the large Kimble and Wichita meteorites, and meteorite fragments collected from the Odessa Meteor Crater.
The agates on display are from mineral collections gifted to the university by Colonel E. M. Barron. They demonstrate the exceptional beauty of agates from northern Mexico.
Fossils of historical and preservational significance include a section of a 20-million-year-old rhinoceros bone bed from Agate Springs, Nebraska; a 220-million-year-old petrified log from what is now Palo Duro Canyon State Park; and a slab of delicate 303-million-year-old sea urchins from Brown County, Texas.
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