sciencealert:When pallasite meteorites are sliced open and polished, a matrix of stunning yellow cry
sciencealert:When pallasite meteorites are sliced open and polished, a matrix of stunning yellow crystals are revealed. This specimen was found in 1951 by a farmer in a town called Esquel in the Argentine Patagonia.Image: Doug Bowman (http://bit.ly/1rjZQnE)Whoever wrote this caption…a pallasite is not a mineral. The mineral you’re looking at is olivine, embedded in an iron-rich matrix. -- source link
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