A SEYMCHAN METEORITE CUBE

PALLASITE – PMG MAGADAN DISTRICT, RUSSIA (62°54’ N, 152°26’ E)

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A SEYMCHAN METEORITE CUBE
Pallasite – PMG
Magadan District, Russia (62°54’ N, 152°26’ E)
The cut surfaces revealing in three dimensions the internal Widmanstätten pattern and amber-hued olivine and peridot crystals. Modern cutting.
2in. (49mm.)
783g.

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Lot Essay

Less than 0.2% of all meteorites are pallasites, the most beautiful extraterrestrial substance known. Pallasites are formed at the core-mantle boundary of an asteroid that underwent mixing of the molten metal of the core with stony olivine from the mantle. The result is striking—olivine crystals suspended in an iron-nickel matrix.

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