Lot 666
Meteorite American Pallasite Brenham. The Brenham pallasite fell to earth some 1,000-2,000 years ago in Kiowa County near Haviland, Kansas. It is the most famous of all American pallasites and was perhaps the largest fall of a pallasite in recorded history with over 6 tons of recovered meteorites. Although the local Indians knew of this meteorite, it was not officially discovered until 1882 and designated a pallasite which is a mixture of an iron-nickel matrix with crystals of olivine. This large 5 x 4.5 inch 237 gram section has many olivine crystals in the iron-nickel matrix including quite a few crystals that are translucent ranging in color from a rare Peridot green color to a yellow-orange. Peridot is the gemstone version of olivine and at least one of these crystals is not shocked and clear enough to be considered Peridot. This beautiful and quite large complete section also possesses its original fusion crust on all four of its sides and comes in a 8.5X6.5 inch Riker mount for protection.
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Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,400.
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