Fukang Star Stone – the most beautiful meteorite in the world
Places where star stones are known to fall (palasite)
Pallasite is also called "Pallas iron". The first such meteorite, XNUMX. It was discovered by the German scientist Peter Pallas in the 19th century.
Pallasite is one of the rarest types of meteorites. To date, only 61 pallasite meteorites have been found. Although pallasites are a rare type of meteorite, there are enough "starstones" in museums for research. This is due to the finds of large meteorites weighing more than a ton. The biggest finds are listed below:
Branham, Kansas, USA. In 1890, the discovery of 1,000 meteorites with a total mass of 20 kilograms was reported around the shallow crater Hawil. Later, more fragments with a total weight of 4.3 tons were discovered. One of the meteorites weighing 487 kilograms is at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. In 2005 Steve Arnold of Arkansas (USA) and Phil Money of Texas (USA) discovered a large meteorite body weighing 650 kilograms, and in 2006 they found several new large fragments of pallasite.
Pallasite is also called "Pallas iron". The first such meteorite, XNUMX. It was discovered by the German scientist Peter Pallas in the 19th century.
Pallasite is one of the rarest types of meteorites. To date, only 61 pallasite meteorites have been found. Although pallasites are a rare type of meteorite, there are enough "starstones" in museums for research. This is due to the finds of large meteorites weighing more than a ton. The biggest finds are listed below:
Branham, Kansas, USA. In 1890, the discovery of 1,000 meteorites with a total mass of 20 kilograms was reported around the shallow crater Hawil. Later, more fragments with a total weight of 4.3 tons were discovered. One of the meteorites weighing 487 kilograms is at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. In 2005 Steve Arnold of Arkansas (USA) and Phil Money of Texas (USA) discovered a large meteorite body weighing 650 kilograms, and in 2006 they found several new large fragments of pallasite.
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16 January 2023
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