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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Pallasite Sep 23^rd, 2011 at 8:07pm	Print Post
	Scott here is an incredible Pallasite owned my Marvin Kilgore. I have met Marvin in Tucson on serval occasions and have a couple of his books. He currently is in charge of the meteorite collection at the University of AZ.

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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2969 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Pallasite Reply #1 - Sep 26^th, 2011 at 4:48pm	Print Post
	Awesome picture of the sun going through it. It's my favorite type of meteorite -- along with most other people I'm sure. Just curious if you know the estimate price tag on that one before Marvin bought it. --unless of course he found it himself or traded for it.

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Rebecca God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 653 Joined: Nov 11^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Pallasite Reply #2 - Sep 26^th, 2011 at 5:38pm	Print Post
	Wow! That is incredible! I had to look that stuff up and it is now my favorite kind of meteorite. Shouldn't that piece be really heavy? That is just a cool pic with loads of character (the rock and the guy). Thanks for showing.


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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Pallasite Reply #3 - Sep 26^th, 2011 at 8:42pm	Print Post
	Scott the meteorite was found by three guys that liked to go hiking in the desert in China. They would stop and sit on this strange rock on their hiking trail. One decided to try to get it to their home. It took several months to move the rock. The main mass weighted over 900 kilos. They did not know it was a meteorite to begin with. Marvin travels all over the world as a major meteorite dealer. He bought the main mass. I have seen it in person. It really is awesome. I am sure the slice weigth is several kilos. It would be cut as thin as possible. It is three feet long.


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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Pallasite Reply #4 - Sep 26^th, 2011 at 8:48pm	Print Post
	Scott I don't know the price of the original buy. This pic is a small 75g pallisite in my collection from Russia. The name is Brahin.

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Rebecca God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 653 Joined: Nov 11^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Pallasite Reply #5 - Sep 27^th, 2011 at 3:53pm	Print Post
	oh wow. that IS cool.


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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Pallasite Reply #6 - Sep 27^th, 2011 at 10:10pm	Print Post
	Rebecca glad you liked the pic of the pallisite. They contain the only gem from space unless you count the micro diamonds in some meteorites. Pic is another pallisite for you to enjoy. Glorieta Mtn from New Mexico

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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2969 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Pallasite Reply #7 - Oct 10^th, 2011 at 8:08am	Print Post
	*This Topic was moved here from Interesting, unusual, extraordinary specimens* [move by] Scott LaBorde.**

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