Meteorite Three Piece Type Set. There are three major types of meteorites, stony, stony-iron and iron-nickel. This lot contains a sizeable polished section from each type of meteorite. The stony meteorite which comes from the surface rocks of its parent asteroid is a 3.5 x2 inch 55.2 gram complete section of Dfofar 195 an ordinary chondrite from Oman. This meteorite has a dark brown surface with roundish chondrites and flecks of iron distributed throughout. The stony-iron specimen is a Pallasite, Pallosovka from Volgograd, Russia. Pallasites are literally gemstones from space with translucent olive crystal interspersed in an iron-nickel matrix. This large 2.3 x 2.3 inch 55 gram section has been polished to show the beautiful yellow-green olivine crystals with several being translucent. The third meteorite section is from an iron-nickel meteorite Muonionalusta which is from the artic circle of Norrbotten, Sweden. It is 3 x 2.5 inches weighing a heavy 100 grams and has been polished and etched revealing the distinctive fine octohedrite Widmanstatten pattern. This collection is housed in a 12 x 8 inch Riker Mount.
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Estimated Value $500 - 700.
Meteorites
