[meteorite-list] Drop that Fukang hammer!

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:24:00 -0500
Message-ID: <sdrfv35va317di8qcrk30bbejk0c07au0a_at_4ax.com>

http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gU1vRUl9uzvx16sYWx8uzgK7wemQ

Rare meteorite goes under hammer
10 hours ago

A meteorite is expected to fetch ?500,000 at auction in New York this month.

Weighing more than 925lbs, the object was discovered eight years ago in China's
Xinjiang Uygar province.

Its rare olivine crystals endured atmospheric and impact forces as it crashed
down to Earth.

Bonhams' Natural History Department director Thomas Lindgren said: "Less than 1%
of all meteorites are pallasites, the most alluring of all meteorites due to
their aesthetic appeal."

Pallasites - meteorites composed of around 50% olivine and peridot crystals and
50% nickel-iron - are thought to be relics of forming planets.

The Fukang meteorite will go under the hammer at Bonhams on April 30 in New
York.
Received on Sat 05 Apr 2008 05:24:00 PM PDT