Hassi el Biod 002 Polished Slice 103.2 grams RARE Ungrouped Pallasite Mesosiderites Lincoln LaPaz of the University

Lincoln LaPaz of the University of New Mexico

This meteorite is classified as a pyroxene pallasite and one of only two members of the pyroxene pallasite grouplet

The weight of this piece is 88

and a 2511 g mass was recovered from a rice paddy

Hassi el Biod 002 Polished Slice 103.2 grams RARE Ungrouped Pallasite Mesosiderites Lincoln LaPaz of the UniversityHassi el Biod 002 is one of my favorite pallasites because it is unlike any other that has been found to this day! It was found in Algeria in 2021. Five stones were found together with a total weight of 10 kilos. This is a unique pallasite type both in terms of olivine composition and oxygen isotopes. Along with Milton, which is a Missouri meteorite, Hassi el Biod 002 is the only other ungrouped that is not a pyroxene pallasite, however Milton and