Meteorite class

Stony-Iron Meteorites

Meteorites containing roughly equal parts silicate and nickel-iron metal.

Meteorite class

Overview

Rare meteorites blending rock and metal in roughly equal measure — the pallasites (olivine in metal) and mesosiderites (breccias of metal and silicate).

Groups

Pallasites Mesosiderites

Meteorites

2 modelled meteorites.

Brenhamfind
A pallasite strewn field in Kansas — pallasites are among the most beautiful meteorites, with olive-green olivine crystals suspended in a matrix of nickel-iron.
ClassPallasiteCountryUnited StatesDate1882
Esthervillefall
A large mesosiderite that fell in 1879 — a stony-iron meteorite mixing metal with silicate fragments, thought to record a violent collision between differentiated asteroids.
ClassMesosideriteCountryUnited StatesDate1879-05-10

Knowledge connections

ContainsPallasites
ContainsMesosiderites

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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