Lot 1496
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 3.25 x 2 inch, 85.1 gram slice has been polished on both sides with many olivine crystals in the iron-nickel matrix including several crystals that when viewed through a light source are a translucent yellow-green to orange in color. Peridot is the gemstone version of olivine. Because of their high value, it is rare to be able to purchase a complete slice of a Pallasite. This beautiful polished slice is quite stable coming from an old time collection formed over 15 years ago. Presented in a 5.5 x 4.5 inch Riker Mount.
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Estimated Value $550 - 800.
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