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  Beautiful but mysterious Fukang meteorite

When it slammed into the surface of Earth, there was little sign of the beauty that lay inside. But cutting the Fukang meteorite open yielded a breathtaking sight.
Within the rock, translucent golden crystals of a mineral called olivine gleamed among a silvery honeycomb of nickel-iron. The rare meteorite weighed about the same as a hatchback when it was discovered in 2000, in the Gobi Desert in China's Xinjiang Province. It has since been divided into slices which give the effect of stained glass when the sun shines through them.
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Stunning pictures of Fukang Pallasite

You're probably wondering what a Pallasite is; well Pallasites are is a type of iron meteorite, quite rare, made out of large olivine crystals in an iron-nickel matrix - and they look just fabulous. Olivine is a magnesium iron silicate quite common in our planet's subsurface, but which weathers fast when exposed to the surface.
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In a setback to the global meteorite market, a 925-pound nickel-and-iron mass from space failed to sell today at a New York auction.
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The Bonhams natural history sale also includes a 925-pound speckled meteorite discovered in Fukang, China, in 2000 and estimated to fetch as much as $2.75 million. The seller is Marvin Killgore, a plumber-turned-meteorite hunter and curator at University of Arizona's Southwest Meteorite Center.
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Containing spectacular olivine crystals - which are sometimes referred to as gemstones from outer space - the main mass of the peerless Fukang meteorite will be offered by international fine art auctioneers Bonhams on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at its salerooms in New York.

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2008 January Signature Natural History Auction - Dallas, TX.   Auction #5000.
A rare 22-pound pallasite meteorite that was found near Fukang, China in 2000 is among the items  at a natural history auction to be conducted in Dallas and online by Heritage Auction Galleries on January 20, 2008.
The meteorite is  valued at about $150,000

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Pallasites are a type of stony-iron meteorite with olivine.

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