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ImilacPallasite The Imilac meteorite was found in 1822 in the Atacama Desert, in northern Chile. Many large masses were found by prospectors, and thousands of small fragments have been found since. Imilac is a beautiful stable pallasite, with nice golden to green olivine crystals. I did an expedition to the Imilac strewnfield in April of 1999. I found 1.5 kilos of small specimens myself. Meteorite hunters have successfully searched the area in recent years using large machines to scour the desert.
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Here is a photo of myself in the Imilac strewnfield, April 2000.
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Imilac 2: 74.2 gram slice, 110mm by 87 mm by 2 mm. $2500.00
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Imilac 3: 79.6 gram partslice, 105 mm by 75 mm by 2 mm. $2700.00 Cut from main mass found in 1822, British Museum of Natural History, London. |
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Imilac 4: 54.4 gram partslice, 70 mm by 65 mm by 2 mm. $1900.00 Cut from main mass found in 1822, British Museum of Natural History, London.
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Imilac 5: 15.54 gram partslice, 39 mm by 33 mm by 3 mm. $545.00 Cut from main mass found in 1822, British Museum of Natural History, London.
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Imilac 6: 5.10 gram partslice. $200.00
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Imilac 7: 2.776 gram partslice. $112.00 |
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