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1 http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/June10/pallasites-origin.html Formation of Stony-Iron Meteorites in Early Giant Impacts Pallasites were originally thought to have formed at the boundary between an olivine- rich mantle and molten metallic core of an asteroid.

2 http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/June10/pallasites-origin.html Formation of Stony-Iron Meteorites in Early Giant Impacts Rounding of angular olivines at high temperatures

3 http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/June10/pallasites-origin.html Formation of Stony-Iron Meteorites in Early Giant Impacts Cooling rates determined from compositional zoning in metal phases

4 http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/June10/pallasites-origin.html Formation of Stony-Iron Meteorites in Early Giant Impacts

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