Imilac Window

IMI3W-1

Pallasite Specimen

The small Imilac specimen is  ground down and polished on one sides to reveal yellow-gold olivine surrounded by solid ni-iron metal. The specimen is provided in a riker box or membrane frame.

16 x 13 x 10 mm

3.9 g end-piece

PPG: $19.23

$75.00

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Imilac

Location:
  • Chile
    • Atacama
Found: 1822
Group:
  • Stony-Iron
Type:
  • Pallasite
Class:
  • Main Group
Total known weight: 920 kg.

Imilac was known by the Incas prior to documentation in 1822. Some pieces had been excavated and transported hundreds of kilometers before that time. In 1877, four men transported a 191 kg Imilac mass 200 kilometers to Antifagasta with only a hand cart; an amazing journey accomplished in only 100 days. The Southwest Meteorite group visited this site in 1996. We discovered many specimens and reported the experince at LPSC in 1997 Multiple Impacts and an Unrelated H5 Chondrite at Imilac Pallasite Strewnfield, Chile.