Kansas Pallasite Proves Worth of Radar Technique

Excavations at the site of the Brenham meteorite fall have yielded the world's largest specimen of pallasite, a lovely meteorite type consisting of big green olivine crystals set in iron-nickel metal. This large strewnfield near Greensburg, Kansas, discovered in 1882, dates from latest Pleistocene time about 10,000 years ago. A new 70-kg specimen, spotted by ground-penetrating radar and dug up with the full scientific panoply of documentation, made the news today (see the AP story). The news hook is that the radar technique could be used in Mars exploration. Feast your eyes at brenhammeteoritecompany.com, where you can also inquire about the price of select pallasite and siderite slices.

For some background on meteorites, see my Meteorites category.