Definition of Pallasite

1. Noun. A meteorite composed principally of olivine and metallic iron.

Generic synonyms: Meteorite

Definition of Pallasite

1. Noun. (geology) A stony-iron meteorite embedded with glassy crystals of olivine ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pallasite

palladiumized
palladiums
palladoan
palladoarsenide
palladobismutharsenide
palladobismutharsenides
palladodymite
palladous
palladseite
pallae
pallah
pallahs
pallanesthesia
pallas
pallas's sandgrouse
pallasite (current term)
pallasites
pallbearer
pallbearers
palled
pallescense
pallescent
pallesthesia
pallesthetic
pallesthetic sensibility
pallet
pallet jack
pallet truck
palleted
palleting

Literary usage of Pallasite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1903)
"From the Admire pallasite, described by the present writer in the Proceedings of the US National Museum for 1902, it differs in that the silicate (in this ..."

2. Catalogue of the Ward Coonley Collection of Meteorites by Henry Augustus Ward (1904)
"Geol. Survey of New South Wales, Vol. 7, Part 3, pp. 217-219 132 132 MOUNT VERNON—pallasite. Krasnojarsk Group Pk Mount Vernon, Christian County, Kentucky, ..."

3. Meteorites: Their Structure, Composition, and Terrestrial Relations by Oliver Cummings Farrington (1915)
"(Pi). Olivine crystals fissured and compressed. 50. pallasite, Bitburg group. (Pb). Olivine crystals in fine, brecciated trias. ..."

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