Muonionalusta Meteorite Fragment, Northern Sweden
Muonionalusta Meteorite Fragment, Northern Sweden
Muonionalusta Meteorite Fragment, Northern Sweden
Muonionalusta Meteorite Fragment, Northern Sweden
Muonionalusta Meteorite Fragment, Northern Sweden
Muonionalusta Meteorite Fragment, Northern Sweden

Muonionalusta Meteorite Fragment, Northern Sweden

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A fragment of an iron-nickel meteorite was found in 1906 in a tundra near the Muonio River close to the border of Finland. Its discovery was significant because it was the first time stishovite--a very rare dense tetragonal form of silicon dioxide--was found in a meteorite. It shows excellent "widmanstatten" pattern (only formed in outer space by extremely slow cooling). Its composition contains elements such as nickel, stishovite, gallium, and iridium. 

 

Size: .94 x .38 x .13 inches

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