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.
References
See also
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Glossary of meteoritics
This is a glossary of terms used in meteoritics, the science of meteorites.
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* 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