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Muonionalusta meteorite is a meteorite classified as fine octahedrite, type IVA (Of) which impacted in northern Scandinavia, west of the border between Sweden and Finland, about one million years BC. The first fragment of the Muonionalusta was found in 1906 near the village of Kitkiöjärvi. Around forty pieces are known today, some being quite large. This piece shows the Widmanstätten pattern. One Million Years Bc, Alien Spacecraft, Under The Rainbow, Skyfall, Rock Collection, Ancient Aliens, One Million, Raw Stone, Crystals Minerals
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Muonionalusta meteorite is a meteorite classified as fine octahedrite, type IVA (Of) which impacted in northern Scandinavia, west of the border between Sweden and Finland, about one million years BC. The first fragment of the Muonionalusta was found in 1906 near the village of Kitkiöjärvi. Around forty pieces are known today, some being quite large. This piece shows the Widmanstätten pattern.

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Gibeon Iron Meteorites

Long before modern man cast his eyes on the fierce cliffs and the rolling hills of the Great Namaquas, a celestial spectacle unequalled in modern times occurred over the Kalahari and South African sky. From the icy depths of space a solid rock of iron measuring roughly 4 x 4 x 3 meters entered the atmosphere of our planet at a low angle of 10° to 20° along a northwesterly trajectory. While still in the upper atmosphere the accumulating drag forces tore the body apart and the meteoroid…

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