April 9, 2008 Meteorite enthusiasts the world over know of the Fukang Meteorite. Discovered in the Gobi desert (near Fukang) in China eight years ago, the extremely rare and beautiful Pallasite ...

Meteorites are quite rare since most materials in space never come anywhere near the Earth, and of those that do come toward ...

The Earth is a wondrous place, but some of the most stunning things sometimes come from off-world. Take, for example, pallasite meteorites – extra-terrestrial rocks that are strung through with ...

The rare meteorite is made from stony-iron pallasite, which contains olivine crystals. Christie’s has been running a meteorite sale every year since 2014.

Pallasites are a rare type of meteorite. The Meteoritical Society’s meteor database shows only 99 records of pallasites found on earth, according to Lauretta (for comparison, the most common type of ...

The commercial meteorite market isn't limited to the meteorites themselves. Items struck by meteorites -- a Chevy Malibu and a mailbox, for instance, have also sold for handsome prices. A Martian ...

Among items going up for auction at Sotheby's in New York is a 54-pound rock that the auction house calls the largest piece ...

This meteorite, found in China 's Gobi Desert, is a pallasite, a class of stony-iron meteorites that contain the mineral olivine. Gem quality olivine, as appears in this meteorite, is called ...

Christie’s online-only auction “Deep Impact”: Martian, lunar and other rare meteorites, features rare meteorites, some of which originate from the moon and Mars.

A natural history favorite This smaller fragment, a 1.6-ounce (46-gram) coal-colored rock, was among a selection of meteorites that Heritage Auction offered for sale on May 20.

Christie’s online-only auction “Deep Impact”: Martian, lunar and other rare meteorites, features rare meteorites, some of which originate from the moon and Mars.