Statue of Peter Pallas in the town of Pallasovka
In 1990, one single meteorite mass of 198 kg was found 27.5 km from the town of Pallasovka by a local resident on a dyke on the edge of an artificial water reservoir
Date: 04/14/2009
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Pallasovka - 7.2 grams
Pallasovka - 7.2 grams
Date: 04/14/2009
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Pallasovka - 7.2 grams
Pallasovka - 7.2 grams
Date: 04/14/2009
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Map of the Pallasovka Meteorite Fall
It is in the Volgograd Oblast region of Russia - image from Google Maps
Date: 04/14/2009
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Pallasovka - 6.7 grams
Pallasovka - 6.7 grams
Date: 04/14/2009
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Pallasovka - 6.7 grams
Pallasovka - 6.7 grams
Date: 04/14/2009
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Towing an 1.8 ton Seymchan sample in 2005
Seymchan meteorite was originally found in 1967, in a brook-bed flowing into the river of Hekandue, a left tributary of the river of Jasachnaja of the Magadan district, USSR - image Seymchan.com
Date: 12/03/2004
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Seymchan - 8.1 grams
This has been classified as a Pallasite, Main Group
Date: 01/01/2000
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Seymchan - 8.1 grams
Seymchan - 8.1 grams
Date: 01/01/2000
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
In August of 1931, Harvey Nininger received a letter from Saskatehewa, Canada reporting a meteorite that was found near the city of Springwater - it weighed 20.6 kilograms
Date: 07/21/2009
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Springwater - .241 grams
Nininger later recovered two additional masses weighing 23 and 85 pounds - we have this small "placeholder" sample of the Spingwater meteorite
Date: 07/21/2009
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Springwater - .241 grams
Our small but interesting sample is classified as a pallasite belonging to the main chemical group - but with anomalous properties
Date: 07/21/2009
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Thumrayt - Original Stone
This large mass and an additional 41 pieces were found by Mike Farmer and Robert Ward in Oman on an expedition in 2006
Date: 07/22/2009
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Thumrayt - .755 grams
Our small fragment is classified as a pallasite belonging to the main chemical group
Date: 07/22/2009
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Thumrayt - .755 grams
A total of about 2.48 kilograms was recovered of this pallasite - this small piece is a great "placeholder" until we can obtain a larger sample!
Date: 07/22/2009
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