[meteorite-list] Aesthetic pieces of Imilac at $3.9/g

From: Rodrigo Martinez <benig_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:09 2004
Message-ID: <005701c3051b$f606c300$a55b4da4_at_oemcomputer>

Hola Lista.
Today update my website with 5 Imilac pieces. These pieces are a selections
of the most aesthetic pieces that I found around of the 13m diameter crater.
You can see they in www.meteorites.cl

Imilac
Found in 1822 for hunters of Guanaco (Camelidae Family) at Atacama desert.
Imilac is a Stony-Iron, Pallasite meteorite, containing silicate and
nickel-iron approximately in equal proportions. This group are exceedingly
rare, Comprising less than 2% of all known meteorites and They are
considered to be analogous to the Earth's core-mantle boundary.

Best Regards

Rodrigo Martinez
Atacama Desert Meteorites
benig_at_entelchile.net
http://www.meteorites.cl
Received on Thu 17 Apr 2003 03:59:43 PM PDT