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On Offer: 84g nice individual of the pallasite meteorite Grizim 003.
Official Name: Grizim 003
Type: Pallasite, Algeria.
The Grizim 003 meteorite is a beautiful example of a pallasite with a potentially interesting formation history. Instead of unaltered iron-nickel metal (kamacite and taenite), the non silicate components of this pallasite are iron-oxides (likely magnetite and associated oxides) which are usually a sign of significant terrestrial weathering. However, this level of terrestrial oxidation also tends to significantly alter the silicates (usually olivine in the case of pallasites). The olivine in the Grizim 003 pallasite appear to be in relatively pristine condition, leading some researchers to speculate the iron-oxides may have formed in situ (indogenously) on its parent asteroid or possibly prior to that, before or during the impact that mixed the silicates and metal (or in this case possibly already converted iron-oxides). This is highly speculative and so far no hard evidence of this has been put forward by researchers. However, the conversion of native iron and iron-nickel alloys into iron-oxides such as magnetite (as opposed to rust), typically requires a low oxygen and low moisture environment, which arguably offers some anecdotal support to the hypothesis that the iron-oxides in the Grizim 003 pallasite may have formed indogenously on its parent asteroid or during the collision that created its parent body.
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Grizim 003
Status: Official
Basic information
Name: Grizim 003 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2022
Country: Algeria
Mass: 730 g
Classification history:Meteoritical Bulletin, MB 113 (2025): Pallasite, PMG
Recommended: Pallasite, PMG
This is 1 of 78 approved meteorites ) (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Pallasite, PMG. 26 Jun 2024Writeup
Writeup from MB 113:
Grizim 003 25.00412N, 2.53711W
Adrar, Algeria
Find: 2022
Classification: Pallasite (Main group)
History: Reportedly this material was found in 2022 in Algeria, and acquired by Mohamed Ali Loud in April 2024.
Petrography: (K. Metzler, IfP) Subrounded olivine grains with sizes up to ~1 cm, embedded in ~40 vol% iron oxides/hydroxides, which also occur as crosscutting veins in olivine. Only traces of unaltered metal were found, containing ~5 wt.% Ni. Schreibersite grains up to 3 mm occur.
Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: Mean olivine composition: Fa13.1±0.2 (Fa12.8-13.3); Fe/Mn (at.): 45.4; n=10.
Classification: Pallasite (main group), based on texture, grain size of olivine and olivine composition.
Data from: MB113
Table 0 Line 0:
State/Prov/County: Adrar
Date: 2022
Latitude: 25.00412N
Longitude: 2.53711W
Mass (g): 730
Pieces: Many
Class: Pallasite, PMG
Shock stage: Low
Weathering grade: High
Fayalite (mol%): 13.1±0.2
Classifier: K. Metzler, IfP
Type spec mass (g): 20
