Thousands of pounds of iron shale that had weathered off the meteorite were also collected from the find site. In fact, some pieces display such advanced stages of terrestrial weathering that the nickel-iron matrix has been transformed into iron oxides hematite and magnetite. Classified as a pallasite, the 1,411.5 kilogram main mass is severely weathered. Huckitta is considered anomalous for its elemental abundances examining the interior of a sliced specimen will reveal as much, as it just doesn’t look quite like other pallasites it is known for its very dark, altered olivine crystals and terrestrialized iron matrix. Historically, darker pieces are thought to come from the larger, main mass and pieces containing olivine come from the smaller mass. 13 years later the main mass was recovered, weighing in at 1,411 kilos. In 1924, a small 1,084 gram mass, dubbed Alice Springs, was found in the area. The history of cattle stations began in the early 1880s with Aborigines playing an important role as stockmen. The Huckitta meteorite was recovered in 1937 from Huckitta Cattle Station in Australia. All specimens are fully guaranteed and we pride ourselves on outstanding customer service.

Click on any image for additional photographs. Our catalog of stony-iron meteorites for sale is presented here, in alphabetical order. As of 2022, out of the approximately 69,000 officially recognized meteorites, there are only 154 known pallasites. Pallasites are believed to have formed at the core/mantle boundary of large asteroids and they are extremely rare. While micro-diamonds have been found in some meteorites, notably the carbonaceous chondrite Allende, pallasites are the only meteorites that contain gemstones easily visible to the naked eye. When cut and polished into thin slabs, the crystals in pallasites sometimes become translucent, giving them a remarkable otherworldly beauty. Pallasites take their name from the German zoologist and explorer, Peter Pallas, who described the first-known pallasite, the Russian meteorite Krasnojarsk, which was found in the eighteenth century near the Siberian capital of the same name. When olivine crystals are of sufficient purity and display an emerald- green color, they are known as the gemstone peridot. Pallasites consist of a nickel-iron matrix rich in colorful olivine crystals. Pallasites are perhaps the most alluring of all meteorites, and they are certainly of great interest to collectors and enthusiasts. Mesosiderites are believed to have been formed by violent asteroidal collisions, millions of years ago in deep space. The rarest of the three main types of meteorites, the stony-irons are divided into two groups: the mesosiderites and pallasites.

Pallasite meteorite