Pallasites belong to a rare type of stony-iron meteorite. They are made up of a mix of nickel-iron metal and olivine crystals, a mineral that, on Earth, can be found in the mantle (or rocks that ...

This figure illustrates the formation and numerical replication of barred olivine, a unique crystalline texture found in chondrules within meteorites. (a) A polarized light micrograph shows a ...

A cut and polished slab of the pallasite meteorite Imilac. Pallasites contain big, beautiful olive-green crystals - a form of magnesium-iron silicate called olivine - embedded entirely in metal.

These meteorites are mixtures of iron-nickel metal and translucent, gem-quality crystals of the green mineral olivine. "How you get a mixture of metal and these gem-like crystals has been a ...

It's been polished to show off the olivine crystals similar to previous sales of meteorites found in Xinjiang, China, and is expected to sell for $3,500 to $4,000. A couple of gibeon meteorites ...

Close-up of olivine crystals seen inside a meteorite found on Earth that originated from a partly melted Solar System asteroid. The yellow olivine crystals are on the order of a few millimetres to ...

The rare meteorite is made from stony-iron pallasite, which contains olivine crystals. Christie’s has been running a meteorite sale every year since 2014. Last year, all 75 lots were sold ...

Leading the November 20 auction is a 275-pound (125 kg) Brenham meteorite, a rare siderite pallasite discovered in Kansas in 2005. This specimen, embedded with olivine crystals, offers a unique ...

A wafer-thin slice of meteorite at the Yale Peabody Museum contains otherworldly gems. Olivine crystals, known as peridots to jewelers, are embedded in the specimen’s shiny iron-nickel alloy. When ...

This replication marks the first theoretical reproduction of barred olivine and provides strong support for new models of crystal growth ... particles found in meteorites. These chondrules are ...

Numerical simulations using a phase-field model show that barred olivine crystals in chondrules form when molten material cools at rates exceeding 1°C per second, faster than previously thought.