Rarely Seen - 6.58 gram - PALLASOVKA (PALLASITE) METEORITE slice - Russia 1990 For Sale

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Rarely Seen - 6.58 gram - PALLASOVKA (PALLASITE) METEORITE slice - Russia 1990:
$197.00

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Here’s information (from the Meteorite Bulletin)about this particular meteorite.

Pallasovka 49°52′0′′N,46°36′7′′E

Volgograd district, Russia

Find: July 1990

History: One stone weighing 198 kg was found by N. F.Kharitonov at a shore of an artificial water reservoir, 27.5 km from the townof Pallasovka. Interestingly, the town was named after Peter Pallas(1741–1811), a famous naturalist who took part in the discovery and the firststudy of the Pallas Iron Mass, which was found near Krasnojarsk in 1749 andgave the name of the pallasite meteorite group. A. E. Milanovsky transferred asample of the meteorite to the Vernadsky Institute, Moscow.

Petrography and Geochemistry: (M. A. Ivanova, N. N.Kononkova, Vernad; S. E. Borisovsky, Institute of Geology of OreDeposits, Mineralogy, Moscow)

Petrography: The stone consists of approximatelyequal parts of olivine and metal, and has abundant brown, rusty fusion crustwith regmaglypts.

Geochemistry: Olivine (mg# 87.7, Fe/Mn = 45.2, Fe/Mg= 0.14; similar to main group pallasites). Metal (bulk ICP AES) Ni = 13.1 wt%;Ir = 0. 12, Au = 2.8, Pt = 3.2, Ga = 22.5, Ge = 24.9 (all ppm). Kamacite (Co =0.61, Ni = 7.21; both wt%) and taenite (Co = 0.35, Ni = 26.5 both wt%).Additional phases: Troilite (Ni = 0.41 wt%), schreibersite, and chromite (mg#36; Fe/Mn = 48.9; Cr/(Cr+Al) = 77.2). Note: Chromites in this sample differ incomposition from that of the main and groups.

Classification: Pallasite (Main group).

Specimens: A 9336 g sample and one polished sectionare on deposit at Vernad. The main mass is held by an anonymouspurchaser.

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