Imilac

Imilac is a pallasite meteorite found in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile in 1822.
Classification.
Imilac is classified as a stony–iron pallasite. Imilac specimens are highly prized by meteorite collectors due to its high concentration of beautiful olivine grains.
Strewn field.
Numerous masses were found in a valley to the SW of Imilac. The total weight of the Imilac fall is estimated to be around . The primary strewn field is long about .
Specimens.
Due to weathering, intact olivine grains are present only on large specimens (over ). Smaller samples contain darker altered olivine crystals. On the market there are also a lot of very small (few grams) Imilac individuals called "metal skeletons": they are severely weathered and lack olivine grains.
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