Sericho pallasite meteorite. Sericho meteorites were found in a field in eastern Kenya in 2016, in a strewnfield over 45km long. The pieces weighed from less than one kilogram to masses as large as 500 kilograms. Sericho pallasite meteorite display dozens of honey-coloured aggregates of olivine suspended in a iron-nickel matrix.

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