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pallasite::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | meteorite |
Examples of pallasite
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Amid the searching, a museum volunteer uncovered a missing 1,000-pound pallasite meteorite.
From the foxnews.com
A 108-pound pallasite found near Greensburg will be on display.
From the kansas.com
A small pallasite was found in a pottery jar in an old burial found at Pojoaque Pueblo, New Mexico.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The town's extensive meteorite collection, including a 1,000-pound pallasite meteorite, is a casualty of the storm.
From the foxnews.com
My favourite would have to be the Springwater pallasite, a stony-iron meteorite which was first found in Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1931.
From the newscientist.com
Outside the entrance to the well was Greensburg's other claim to fame, a pallasite meteorite weighing 1,000 pounds that had fallen from the heavens into a nearby farm field.
From the kansas.com
- A meteorite composed principally of olivine and metallic iron
- A pallasite is a type of stony-iron meteorite.
- One of two main classes of stony-iron meteorite, the other being mesosiderites. Pallasites are igneous in nature and characterized by crystals of olivine, often peridots (clear, green gem quality olivine crystals), embedded in a matrix of Ni-Fe metal. ...
