Authentic iron Gibeon meteorite polished slice space
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Name: Gibeon Iron Meteorite. Size: 0,74 inch (20 mm) x 0,74 inch (20 mm). Weight: 0,1 oz (2,7 g). Condition: Very good condition. Meteorites are one of the RAREST materials on earth, more rare than diamonds! This one fell in Namibia South Africa. The etched surface of this specimen reveals the natural Widmanstten pattern. The Widmanstatten pattern is a crystal structure that occurs only in the iron-nickel meteorites. For this to form, the parent body has to be large enough that most of it's metal content melted and sank to the core, then slowly cooled over millions of years. Then at some point, this large body was destroyed and shattered, eventually raining pieces of itself down on Earth. When you hold this sphere in your hand, you are holding the core of a small planet that no longer exists!
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Authentic iron Gibeon meteorite polished slice space
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