Huckitta Pallasite found in storage unit

[Davidgc]

Hello I found a Huckita Pallasite Meteorite from what I can see in a storage unit I won on an online auction. It weighs @1kg to 1.5kg not sure haven't been able to weigh it yet but it feels heavy. Can someone please advise where I can go to get this valued or where I can sell it? I am in the Gold Coast.
Thanks

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[Moneybox]

It's a cool rock but I don't think you found something that visited from space. I'm no expert but some shots look very much like copper ore.

 

[grubstake]

The Huckitta pallasite meteorites were from a stony iron meteorite fall in the Northern Territory and named for Huckitta Station where most were found:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huckitta_(meteorite)#

While colourful and interesting, your rock doesn't really look much like the Huckitta pallasites, nor does it show any obvious characteristics of a meteorite. Is a magnet strongly attracted to the rust-coloured areas?

I suggest you contact a museum or your nearest gem/lapidary club for an expert examination/opinion. There's a list of Queensland clubs here:
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...ing-similar-clubs-directory.39326/post-643538

 

[Davidgc]

Thanks for the replies...
I got the Huckitta from this link...
the 3rd pic looks exactly like it except for the green parts...
https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/...farmer/huckitta-pallasite-australia-13/145664
I will follow up with your suggestions

 

[Mackka]

I think you answered your own question David, i.e. "The green Parts".

 

[XLOOX]

Pallasite meteorites are stony-iron, coming from a destroyed planetoid core / mantle boundary - How cool is that !

They are v heavy and strongly magnetic ( iron matrix ) and the stony inclusions are often glassy due to heat. The stone is often olivine which can be yellow/green.

Sand back a corner of rhe brown areas.
If the matrix is not pure shiny iron under any surface rust then whatever it is it aint a pallasite !

I have a beautiful slice of one at home and that 100g piece is worth $700 . Your rock would be worth a few thousand IF it was a pallasite.