Every exhibit comes with a certificate of authenticity and awaits you in the gallery, so you can see it in person before you decide.
We will bring these exhibits in especially for you — the gallery manager will discuss timing and terms with you personally.
A RELICTUM manager will select a pallasite for your purpose — a desk, a lit display case or a collection — and show the specimens in person at the gallery. Every specimen comes with a provenance passport.
A stony-iron meteorite: nickel-iron with olivine crystals. In the classical model, this combination formed at the boundary between the metallic core and the rocky mantle of a protoplanet destroyed by a collision — it does not occur on Earth.
It is a rare class of meteorite, and the only one in which metal and stone are combined so strikingly: a polished slice shows a metallic network and transparent olivine grains that glow against the light.
Both pallasites were found in the Magadan region: Seymchan in 1967 in the north of the region, Omolon in the basin of the Omolon River.
Pallasites in this section: 11; prices from 100 000 ₽ to 6 740 000 ₽. The cost depends on weight and form: a small slice, a framed plate or a whole specimen with regmaglypts.
A pallasite is chosen by eye: compare several slices against the light. What matters is the amount and clarity of the olivine, the pattern of the metal and the size of the plate. A slice opens up with backlighting, so a thin plate is better for a lit display case and a stable slice or framed specimen for a desk. A whole pallasite with regmaglypts — depressions from passage through the atmosphere — shows the meteorite as it fell. There is also Seymchan with almost no olivine: it is valued for its pure metal and crystallisation pattern. To keep a slice from losing its lustre, ask the manager about storage conditions.
