الوصف
THE SERICHO PALLASITE WAS RECORDED AND DISCOVERED IN Z
2016 IN EASTERN KENYA.
IT IS A STONY-IRON METEORITE THAT ORIGINATED FROM AN EXTINCT PLANET WHICH WAS DESTROYED DURING THE EARLY FORMATION OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, APPROXIMATELY 4.5 BILLION YEARS AGO.
THIS MATERIAL COMES FROM THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE SILICATE-RICH MANTLE AND THE IRON-NICKEL CORE OF THAT PLANET.
IT WAS TORN AWAY BY A CATASTROPHIC IMPACT WITH ANOTHER CELESTIAL BODY.
PALLASITES CONTAIN OLIVINE CRYSTALS (ALSO KNOWN AS PERIDOT, OR "SPACE GEMS") EMBEDDED WITHIN AN IRON-NICKEL MATRIX.