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blobrana
01-14-08, 05:50 AM
2008 January Signature Natural History Auction - Dallas, TX. .
A rare 22-pound pallasite meteorite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukang_Pallasite) 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

See more (http://historical.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=5000&Lot_No=48337)

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

Read more (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukang_Pallasite)

kaneda
01-14-08, 10:37 PM
When in Mexico City many years ago, a local museum had a meteorite display with one of them weighing in at over 13 tons. As they say about meteorites, this isn't just looking at space through telescopes but is something that has been in space.