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Pallasite

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pallasite [′pal·ə‚sīt]
(geology)
A stony-iron meteorite composed essentially of large single glassy crystals of olivine embedded in a network of nickel-iron.
An ultramafic rock, of either meteoric or terrestrial origin, which contains more than 60% iron in the former, or more iron oxides than silica in the latter.
Pallasite 

a rare stony-iron meteorite, named after the first extant meteorite of this type, Pallas iron, discovered in Siberia by the schoolteacher Medvedev and brought to St. Petersburg on the instructions of P. S. Pallas in 1772. Pallasites are composed of approximately equal quantities of nickel iron and olivine. The unique pallasite structure indicates that these meteorites were formed during the absence of gravitational force, or at least of significant gravitational force.
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It has the world's largest handdug well and the world's largest pallasite meteorite (the 1,000-pound meteorite was reported missing after the tornado, but it turned up a few days later, buried under the rubble of the town museum, where it had been on display).
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The 45-year-old, of Milton of Balgonie, Fife, stumbled across the pallasite meteorite, containing iron and nickel, while in Yorkshire with wife Irene.
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