NWA 15971 Pallasite PMG 7.80 G R3 This rare meteorite was purchased

This rare meteorite was purchased in Talsint

This brownish stone shows moderate weathering (W3) and minimal shock (S1)

Such textures reveal a violent history of impacts and reassembly on its parent body

and calcic plagioclase

Mesosiderites are rare meteorites composed of a mixture of silicate minerals and metallic iron-nickel formed during major asteroid collisions early in the history of the Solar System

NWA 15971 Pallasite PMG 7.80 G R3 This rare meteorite was purchasedNWA 15971 Pallasite Meteorite Northwest Africa 15971 (NWA 15971) is a rare and visually stunning Main Group Pallasite meteorite, acquired in 2022. This specimen belongs to the most well known and scientifically studied group of pallasitesmeteorites believed to have formed at the core mantle boundary of ancient differentiated asteroids. NWA 15971 features beautiful, rounded olivine crystals (up to 4 mm) set within a weathered iron nickel metal matrix