FRAGMENT OF FUKANG METEORITE

DISCOVERED IN 2000, CHINA

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FRAGMENT OF FUKANG METEORITE
DISCOVERED IN 2000, CHINA
Large crystals of olivine in a nickel-iron matrix etched and polished to one side, on custom stand
3in. (7cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Pallasite meteorites are one of the most rare iron meteorites in the world accounting for less than one percent of all known meteorites. The combination of nickel iron and transparent olivine or peridot gems set these meteorites aestically apart from all others.

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