METEORITE

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Gibeon Approx. Size: 7" x 9" - 18 cm x 23 cm Price: $1150 (Smaller pieces starting at $20)

Gibeon meteorite Great Nama Land, Namibia, Africa Approx. Size: 2 3/8" - $1175 Approx. Size: 2" - $725 Approx. Size: 1 1/2" - $390 Approx. Size: 1" - $145 Approx. Size: 3/4" - $72 Click on the picture for a large image.

	The Gibeon meterorite was first discovered in 1836, and exists as one of the largest fields on earth.  It measures 40  miles wide and 250 miles long.  Most of the fragments were found on the top of the ground.  The fragments are 87% iron, 10% nickel, and have small amounts of graphite, trolite, and traversite.
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Esquel Chubut Argentina Stony-Iron Meteorite Pallasite Sometime around 1951, a mass weighing 1,500 kilograms was found by a local citizen. Esquel is one of the prettiest of the pallasites with large lime-green crystals. Scientists believe that pallasites formed when the molten metal core of a planet mixed with the silicate magma. The olivine crystallized out of the silicate as it cooled, and was then forced into the metal "mold" where the mass was solidified. Click on the picture for a large image.

Imilac, Atacama Desert, Atacama, Chile Stony-Iron This exquisite pallasite, with its beautiful large lime-green crystals, was found in 1822 in a valley southwest of Imilac, Chile. The olivine crystals are embedded in a nickel-iron matrix, which is believed to be formed during the formation of a planet. Click on the picture for a large image.

Campo del Cielo Gran Chaco Gualamba, Chaco, Argentina Found 1576 Iron. Coarse Octahdrite, with silicate inclusions. Click on the picture for a large image.

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