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The Muonionalusta meteorite ( Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmuo̯nionˌɑlustɑ], Swedish pronunciation: [mʉˈǒːnɪɔnalːɵsta]) [1] is a meteorite classified as fine octahedrite, type IVA (Of) which impacted in northern Scandinavia, west of the border between Sweden and Finland, about one million years BCE. The first fragment of the ...
The Orconuma meteorite is a meteorite that was discovered in the Philippines, and it is one of six meteorites from the Philippines listed in the Meteoritical Society's Bulletin database. The meteorite is thought to have formed about 4.6 billion years ago.
Widmanstätten pattern. Widmanstätten patterns, also known as Thomson structures, are figures of long phases of nickel – iron, found in the octahedrite shapes of iron meteorite crystals and some pallasites. Iron meteorites are very often formed from a single crystal of iron-nickel alloy, or sometimes a number of large crystals that may be ...
That’s over $15,000 per pound! Pieces of Mars rock can command similar prices, with a 4.25-pound piece selling for $63,000, approximately $15,000 per pound. Meteorites from the Moon are even ...
Found date. 1913. TKW. 209.4 kilograms (462 lb) Related media on Wikimedia Commons. The Chinga meteorite is an iron meteorite. It is structurally an ataxite with very rare kamacite lamella. The meteoric iron is a part of the lamella taenite. [2] The total chemical composition is 82.8% iron, 16.6% nickel, and the rest mostly cobalt and phosphorus.
Found date. 2012. TKW. 345 grams (12.2 oz) Northwest Africa 7325, also known as NWA 7325, is a unique igneous meteorite which crystallized as a basalt on a large asteroid or planetesimal approximately 4.56 billion years ago. It is classified as an ungrouped achondrite, and is notable for its green fusion crust and high-magnesium/low-iron ...
Fifteen pieces of the Kainsaz meteorite were seen to fall near Kainsaz, Muslyumovo, Tatarstan on September 13, 1937. [1] The largest weighed 102.5 kilograms (226 lb), the total weight was ~200 kilograms (440 lb). [2] [3] As of January 2013 pieces were on sale for ~ US$100 /g. [2] Kainsaz is the only observed fall in Tatarstan.
Andura meteorite. Angers (meteorite) Angra dos Reis meteorite. Ankober (meteorite) Anlong (meteorite) Annaheim meteorite. Appley Bridge meteorite. Arbol Solo (meteorite) Archie (meteorite)