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Pallasite Meteorite
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 1015 0422 (2015-10-03)Copyright © 2015 Ron Wolf
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date of photo Dec 1, 2013
location
100 miles west of Saskatoon (Saskatchewan, Canada)notes Pallasite Meteorite in cross-section, showing large Olivine crystals (var. Peridot) in a nickel-iron matrix. Only about 60 Pallasite Meteorite sites have been found. Three masses totalling 147 were found in 1931 at a site 100 miles west of Saskatoon. Specimens from this site have been widely distributed and studied.keywords: Geology, earth science, mineral, mineralogy, meteorite, pallasite
camera Canon EOS 7D, 40mm, f/10, 1/50 sec.
contributor's ID # RWolf_20131201_2321-1.jpg From the collection of Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum photo category: Misc. - geology
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