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Complete Slice of NWA 1879

A Rare Stony-Iron Mesosiderite With Signi♔ficant Iron-Niജckel Inclusions

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July 16, 02:00 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 USD

Bid

100 USD

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Complete Slice o🔥f NWA 1879 — A Rare Stony-Iron Mesosiderite ꦬWith Significant Iron-Nickel Inclusions

Mesosiderite-C 

Northwest Africa


74 x 57 x♛ 4 mm (2⅞ x 2¼ x ⅛ inches). 46 grams (230 carats).

A MESOSIDERITE WITH LARGE IRON-NICKEL INCLUSIONS


NWA 1879 is a mesosiderite, a type of meteorite produced by a violent outerspace collision between a stony and an iron meteorite. Mesosiderites are quite rare, representing less than .5% — or 1 out of 200 — of all meteorites ever found. Especially prominent in this shiel🀅d-shaped slice of NWA 1879 are large iron-nickel inclusions that bear witness to the collision of asteroids, their decomposition, and then re-solidification that made this meteorite possible.


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