Hassi El Biod 002 Meteorite - 1.9g - A Rare, Ungrouped Olivine/Pyroxene Pallasite!

Hassi El Biod 002 is a completely unique Ungrouped Pallasite, likely from a completely unique parent body!

This 14.7g end cut is one you won’t want to miss having in your personal collection of highly desirable meteorites. It is professionally sliced, etched and polished! This chunk of an extremely rare pallasite will showcase all of the beautiful details, including blood-orange olivine crystals and a beautiful etch. Best part - its the end piece! End cuts of this meteorite are not easy to come by. You get to see both sides, interior and exterior of this mesmerizing pallasite.

From the metbul: This is a unique pallasite type both in terms of olivine composition and oxygen isotopes. Along with Milton, this meteorite is the only other ungrouped that is not a pyroxene pallasite, however Milton and this meteorite are not paired and do not have olivine compositions and oxygen isotopes that are similar.

About Stony-Iron Meteorites: Stony-iron meteorites, the rarest and often considered the most visually-desirable of the three meteorite categories, consist of iron-nickel, silicate minerals and gemstones. Within the stony-iron category, we have two different types: Pallasites and Mesosiderites.