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A PARTIAL SLICE OF FUKANG METEORITE

DISCOVERED IN 2000, CHINA

Price Realised GBP 1,250
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GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500
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A PARTIAL SLICE OF FUKANG METEORITE

DISCOVERED IN 2000, CHINA

Price Realised GBP 1,250
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Large crystals of olivine in a nickel-iron matrix polished to both sides, on custom stand.

7 x 5½ x 2¾in. (18 x 14 x 7cm.) on stand,


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Pallasite meteorites are one of the most rare iron meteorites in the world accounting for less than one percent of all known meteorites. The combination of nickel iron and transparent olivine or peridot gems set these meteorites aestically apart from all others.

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