Admire meteorite, pallasite from Kansas ASU/Nininger

This meteorite is a stony-iron meteorite, Pallasite (PAL). The Pallasites are a mixture of nickel-iron and olivine crystals. They formed very deep near the core-mantle boundary in a planetary sized body. They are without a doubt the most beautiful of the meteorites. Admire is well known as a ruster, a meteorite which is unstable and oxidizes quickly. The Admire pieces I have were acquired in an exchange from the Arizona State University Center for Meteorite Studies, one of the largest meteorite collections in the world. They are fragments, mostly of olivine which will not oxidize further.

These pieces are all from the same specimen which was in hundreds of fragments. It is a former Nininger collection piece.

This specimen weighs 8.21 grams and is a beautiful cut fragment with olivine crystals and fresh metal. It comes with the lables shown, including the ASU label which is a photocopy of the original.  It is sealed in a plastic display box filled with dessicant beads to lock out moisture. This piece should last forever as long as the box is closed to prevent oxidation.

The cube in the photo measures 1 cm. The cube is for measurement only and not included in the auction.

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