This is a weathered section of the Pallasovka meteorite - an example of meteoritic shale. Pallasovka is named for the town which in turn is named for Peter Pallas - the naturalist who took part in the discovery and study of the first pallasite!
Class: Pallasite
Found: Russia in 1990
Class: Pallasite
Found: Belarus in 1810
Brahin is one of the most studied meteorites in the world. The specimens at left and middle show the transparent crystals; the right shows how crystals are embedded in the meteorite. You can see the crust of the meteorite on this sample. I also have fragments of the crust of Brahin.
Class: Pallasite
Found: Chile's Atacama desert
in 1822
I have two samples of Imilac which dramatically depict what happens to a pallasite when it is exposed to Earth's atmosphere for a long time. One sample is beautiful iron and nickel with very clear olivine crystals. The smaller sample shows the remaining matrix of iron/nickel after all of the crystal inclusions have long since decomposed.
Note: All meteorite photographs include a 1 cm scaling cube for sizing reference. Click on the image to expand.
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