[meteorite-list] NEW PALLASITE

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:45 2004
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000005A00000C50_at_paulinet.de>

Mike wrote:

> This is a meteorite with 50% pyroxene, it is my understanding
> that the other pyroxene pallasites have ~5%, mine has 50%!
> This to my knowledge is the only Pallasite from North West Africa.

Congratulations Mike!

The only two "pyroxene pallasites that I know of are:
                       
                       Vermillion
                        Yamato 8451

References:

BOESENBERG J.S. et al. (1995) Pyroxene Pallasites
A New Pallasite Grouplet (Meteoritics 30-5, 1995, 488).

BOESENBERG J.S. et al. (2000) The pyroxene pallasites,
Vermillion and Yamato 8451: Not quite a couple
(MAPS 35-4, Jul 2000, 757-769).

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