Olivine Space Crystal - Admire Pallasite Meteorite The heat and pressure from

The heat and pressure from this impact would have melted the silica through radiation

Some of the largest specimens discovered have measured up to 10-inches long

Weight: ~ 16 oz

first developed around 5 million years ago in southern Africa

Olivine Space Crystal - Admire Pallasite Meteorite The heat and pressure fromOlivine is one of the few crystals that has fallen to Earth from space. It has been discovered in Nickel Iron meteorites. One of the most famous of these is known as the Admire Pallasite Meteorite, first discovered in the late 1800s. This particular meteorite formed around 4. 5 billion years. Molten metal within the asteroid mixed with crystallized olivine, creating the stony iron pattern we see today. A collision event that was estimated to have