Vermillion meteorite

Vermillion
TypeAchondrite, pallasite
GroupletPyroxene pallasite grouplet
CompositionMeteoric iron (~86%) silicates (~14%)
CountryUnited States
RegionKansas
Coordinates39°44′11″N 96°21′41″W / 39.73639°N 96.36139°W / 39.73639; -96.36139
Observed fallNo
Found date1991
TKW34.36 kilograms (75.8 lb)

The Vermillion meteorite is a pallasite (stony-iron) meteorite and one of two members of the pyroxene pallasite grouplet.[1]

  1. ^ M. K. Weisberg; T. J. McCoy; A. N. Krot (2006). "Systematics and Evaluation of Meteorite Classification". In D.S. Lauretta; H.Y. McSween Jr. (eds.). Meteorites and the early solar system II (PDF). Tucson: University of Arizona Press. pp. 19–52, 942. ISBN 978-0816525621. Retrieved 17 October 2013. foreword by Richard P. Binze