Bonhams expected to fetch US$2,000,000, but the lot remained unsold. In April 2008, Bonhams offered the main mass for auction at their Manhattan auction. Marvin Killgore holds an additional section weighing the same amount, as well as the balance of the main mass. The following specimens are currently available: Amazing 398g Chromite. This pallasite is very interesting being half pallasite and half siderite. Specimens Ī section weighing 31 kilograms (68 lb 4.9 st) of type specimen is on deposit at the University of Arizona. Stunning new, unclassified Pallasite Here is an opportunity to add a spectacular new, unclassified pallasite to your collection. Pallasites do not have fusion crusts like stony meteorites and often have this rough. Oxygen isotopes: δ 18O 2.569 ‰, δ 17O 1.179 ‰, ∆1 7O = −0.157 ‰. Photo credit: Randy Korotev Conception Junction (pallasite, 17 kg). Vermicular sulfide ( troilite) is present in some olivine. The metal matrix is mostly kamacite with an average nickel content of 6.98 wt%. The main mass contains several regions of massive olivine clusters up to eleven centimetres (4.3 inches) in diameter with thin metal veins. The olivines vary in shape from rounded to angular, many are fractured and they range in size from less than five millimetres to several centimetres. The Fukang pallasite contains large, gem quality olivine, or peridot, in a nickel- iron matrix. Currently unclassified, it’s called the Golden Pallasite because this meteorite has a unique patina that appears to glitter like gold in the sunshine. Pallasite meteorites consist predominantly of mixtures of olivine and metal with accessory troilite, chromite, phosphide, and various phosphate minerals (.
Lauretta and a team of research scientists including Dolores Hill, Marvin Killgore, Daniella DellaGiustina, and Dr. You won’t find this meteorite listed in the Meteoritical Bulletin, but it’s an authentic pallasite found in Northwest Africa in 2021.
Subsequently, the mass was investigated at the Southwest Meteorite Center, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona by Dr. However, the Admire Pallasite Meteorite has been considered a 'ruster' from the time it was discovered in 1881. No other meteorite compares to it in the quality of the crystals or the overall attractiveness. Dante Lauretta, a professor of Planetary Science and Cosmochemistry at the University of Arizona. The Admire Pallasite Meteorite It is hard to beat the sheer beauty of the Admire Pallasite Meteorite. He removed about 20 kilograms (44 lb) from the main mass, and in February 2005, the meteorite was taken to the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, where it was seen by Dr. In 2000, near Fukang, China, a Chinese dealer obtained a mass from Xinjiang Province, China, with a weight of 1,003 kilograms (2,211 lb).
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