Slice of Iron Pallasite Seymchan Meteorite with rare crystals

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Iron Meteorite Slice
Classification: Iron/Transitional Pallasite
Fall: Prehistoric Times
Discovery: 1967
Location: Magadan, Russia
Total Recovered Weight: 312 kilograms
Composition: Nickel - 9.47%
Iridium - 0.55 parts per million
Specimen size: 9" wide, 7" tall, 1/2" thick
Specimen weight: 1315 grams (3 pounds)
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Slice displays beautiful yellow/green gem-quality peridot (olivine) crystals. Metallic areas display wonderful "Widmanstatten structure". This combination of gem crystals and iron is one of the rarest types of meteorite yet discovered. This particular discovery has the highest ratio of peridot to metal of all the pallasites.

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