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188g Brahin Pallasite Meteorite

188g Brahin Pallasite Meteorite

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This is a partial meteorite nodule, with one side being flat-polished, and the back is left in its natural rough form. The polished side shows that this meteorite is rich with olivine inclusions.

Classification: Pallasite

Measurements: ~2-3/4" across x 2-3/4" tall x 1" deep

Location/Time: Belarus, Found 1810

Weight: ~188.7 grams

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Brahin is in the pallasite class of meteorites which only represents about 0.2% of all meteorites. These meteorites were found in Byelorussia in 1810. After forming in the asteroid belt billions of years ago, other rocky masses impacted the pallasite / planetesimals, scattering its fragments,sending some of them to Earth. Earth formed in the same way as the above planetesimals, but on a much larger scale and was not impacted to to point of destruction. While still in its molten state, the Earth escaped the asteroid belt and began its rotation around the Sun, slowly completing its spherical form and began to cool. Because Pallasites are similar to the mineralogical composition of Earth they can be useful in researching Earth's geology.