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This meteorite effortlessly evokes the sense of awe and wonder befitting iron meteorites.Irons are extremely dense and this small piece will feel very heavy for it's size.As it entered the Earth's atmosphere at 7 to 18 miles per SECOND,intense changes happen to the internal struture.The interior of an iron meteorite revealed.A striking natural display of a Gibeon meteorite's entrancing coarse octahedral cystalline structure.Very unique.Iron meteorites are one of the most durable and easiest to recognize of all meteorites,but only one in ten meteorites that fall from the sky are of the iron variety.The other 90% are stone meteorites.Iron meteorites are fragments of the once-molten metal core of an asteroid or demolished moon,probably from the asteroid belt.As these moons cooled,their cores crystallized and through later collisions,were destroyed.These crystal growths cannot be faked here on earth,as they require a cooling rate of perhaps just 1 degree celius[33F] per million years!!!They arrived later from outer space as your basic cosmic cannon balls.This piece has been sanded,polished and a light coat of lacquer to protect the meteorite from water. Retail stores ask and get up to 2 to 3 dollars a gram for etched Gibeon's.Please email any questions. Thanks for looking.
Comes with a professional I.D. tag with description of the meteorite that can be seen in the picture. I am listing these smaller Gibeon's for the person who is new to meteorites and does not want to spend hundreds on a specimen without knowing what they are buying.The Gibeon offers an introductory into the world of meteroites for a nominal price and you get a specimen that is beautiful and will last a lifetime [ this one is 4.5 billion years old,think it will last a human lifetime]. The etch on this Gibeon is superb and would make a execllent gift for that hard to please friend. Low shipping with insurance and del confirmation of just 2.95 dollars for usa buyers.International buyers add 1 dollar.
buyer pays 2.95 u.s. dollars
for delivery in u.s.-international buyers add 1$
Insurance included in s/h.Paypal preferred.
Payment due in 3 days with same day shipment with payment.Thanks.
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