Pallasites are also the most mysterious type ... dates back almost to the very beginning of our Solar System. “It is a slice from one of the world's largest specimens of its kind,” explains ...

This extraterrestrial piece is part of an ancient pallasite meteorite. It is a slice from one of the world's largest specimens of its kind. It's thought to have been part of a much larger meteor that ...

One type, however, known as a pallasite meteorite is very different. They are made of olive-green crystals that are composed of magnesium-iron silicate called olivine. This olivine is embedded ...