This post and all the comments dramatically under-sell how cool this meteorite type, called a pallasite, actually is. These meteorites are the remnants of a planet/planetesimal that was in the process of separating the iron (silver mesostasis) and silicate (glassy olivine) parts of it when it was blown to bits. The Earth underwent similar differentiation but wasn't blasted apart at the time.
RakoNYC on March 17th, 2021 at 18:32 UTC »
That’s fukang interesting
palmtrees2blizzards on March 17th, 2021 at 19:05 UTC »
Damn space rocks. Where in the galaxy has this rock been? Where was it formed?
cdsvoboda on March 17th, 2021 at 20:16 UTC »
This post and all the comments dramatically under-sell how cool this meteorite type, called a pallasite, actually is. These meteorites are the remnants of a planet/planetesimal that was in the process of separating the iron (silver mesostasis) and silicate (glassy olivine) parts of it when it was blown to bits. The Earth underwent similar differentiation but wasn't blasted apart at the time.