[meteorite-list] Pallasite Vs Mesosiderite

Pete Shugar pshugar at clearwire.net
Mon Dec 29 02:55:26 EST 2008


OK, to me they look the same when you cut them open.
What gives? Does one have more metal or more olivine
than the other?
Brahin is a Pallasite with beautiful olivine and metal to hold
it all together.
Altho I have as yet to see a slice of Vaca Muerta, a mesosiderite, just 
looking at it
I can see what appears to be olivine crystals.
Would someone chime in with a concise defination of the two, please?
Thanks for the help.
Pete





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