NWA 4482 Pallasite Meteorite
Find / Fall: Find 2006
Location: Algeria
Classification: Pallasite, PMG
Total Known Weight: 5.81 kg
NWA 4482 is a main group pallasite type meteorite. NWA 4482 was purchased in Tagounite, Morocco in August of 2006. The total known weight of the meteorite was recorded as 5.81 kilograms.
Magnetic fragments of NWA 4482 were recovered containing yellowish-green silicates in a dark brown matrix. Large olivine crystals are present with some fresh metal though most of the metal has weathered to iron hydroxides.
NWA 4482 Meteorite Information