Admire Meteorite Slice
Lyon County, Kansas, USA
 
This is an exquisite etched translucent part slice of the Admire Pallasite, named after the place near where it was found, Admire, Kansas.
 
The crystals of golden-green Olivine exhibited are suspended in a gleaming Nickel-Iron matrix. The first specimen of Admire was found in 1881 and is readily identified by large polycrystalline areas that cleaved into highly angular shards, and, rarely, the distribution of these angular crystals is as aesthetic as in this example. Less than 1% of all Meteorites are Pallasites, which is the most resplendent extraterrestrial substance known to exist in the asteroid belt. The Admire meteorite is believed to have originated between Mars and Jupiter in a grouping known as the Main Asteroid Belt. Admire meteorite is roughly 4.5 billion years old and formed about the same time our planet was beginning to form. Truly an amazing slice to have for any meteorite collector.
 
A Certificate of Authenticity will be provided with this meteorite slice.
 
Size: 79.22 x 53.57 x 3.08 mm
weight: 48.42 grams