Eagle Station Meteorite
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The Eagle Station meteorite is a
pallasite The pallasites are a Meteorite classification#Terminology, class of stony–iron meteorite. They are relatively rare, and can be distinguished by the presence of large olivine crystal inclusions in the ferro-nickel matrix. These crystals represe ...
and type specimen of the Eagle Station group. It was found in 1880 close to Eagle Station, Carroll County,
Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...
(United States). The first description was made by George F. Kunz in 1887.


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Glossary of meteoritics This is a glossary of terms used in meteoritics, the science of meteorites. # * 2 Pallas – an asteroid from the asteroid belt and one of the likely parent bodies of the CR meteorites. * 4 Vesta – second-largest asteroid in the asteroid bel ...
{{Meteorites by name Achondrite meteorites Meteorites found in the United States 1880 in Kentucky Geology of Kentucky