The Earth is a wondrous place, but some of the most stunning things sometimes come from off-world. Take, for example, ...

The Fukang meteorite, in particular, is known for its large, gem-quality olivine crystals that make it one of the most spectacular meteorites ever found. Pallasites are the rarest of all ...

A rare meteorite that traveled 36 million miles on its journey to Earth could become the most expensive space rock ever sold ...

See a pallasite meteorite on display in Hintze Hall. Mesosiderites. The Estherville mesosiderite formed after a collision between two asteroids. It fell in 1879 in Iowa, in the United States.

Pallasites are durable but rare meteorites, a mixture of iron and an amber-colored mineral called olivine, said Ralph Harvey, a geologist and meteorite expert at Case Western Reserve University. ...

April 9, 2008 Meteorite enthusiasts the world over know of the Fukang Meteorite. Discovered in the Gobi desert (near Fukang) in China eight years ago, the extremely rare and beautiful Pallasite ...

Pallasites are a rare type of meteorite. The Meteoritical Society’s meteor database shows only 99 records of pallasites found on earth, according to Lauretta (for comparison, the most common type of ...

The rock was found to be a rare pallasite meteorite. (Image credit: DAVE GHEESLING) In 2006, a farmer found a meteorite buried in a hillside in the Missouri town of Conception Junction (population ...

Scientists located a rare meteorite in a Kansas wheat field thanks to new ground penetrating radar technology that some day might be used on Mars. The dig Monday was likely the most documented ...

A main mass of NWA 11073m a Martian meteorite, stony iron, pallasite, Atacama Desert, Chile. Estimated at $30,000 to $50,000. Richard P. Goodbody Inc. Christies opens auction of rare meteorites.

Champion identified the find as a pallasite meteorite, which are believed to form between the silicate mantle, or outer shell, and molten metal core of a differentiated asteroid (asteroids that ...