• Tipo: Pallasite, PMG
• Località: Atacama desert, Cile
• Peso: 125g
• Dimensioni: 13 x 14,5 x 0,2 cm
• Anno di ritrovamento: 1822
• Peso totale conosciuto: 920kg
• Trattamento superficiale: cut, Lucidato fetta
• DESCRIZIONE DETTAGLIATA

Imilac – a highly attractive pallasite Imilac is a highly prized pallasite da the Atacama Desert in Cile, celebrated for its aesthetic large olivine crystals embedded in an iron–nickel matrix, making it one of the most attractive pallasites. Discovery and locality The meteorite was found in 1822 near the Imilac mountains in northern Cile. It forms an extensive strewn field several kilometres long, with dozens to hundreds of fragments of various sizes. Mass and fragments The total known weight of Imilac is estimated at about 920 kg. Larger specimens usually preserve olivine crystals well, while smaller heavily weathered pezzi may be mostly metallic (“metal skeletons”) with little or no olivine remaining.