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Amazing large Sericho pallasite meteorite (Kenya) slice, featuring a large quantity of olivine crystals accounting for about 70% of the area of the cu

Attractive Sericho pallasite meteorite (Kenya) slice, featuring a large quantity of olivine crystals on the cut face, with an attractive color palette

Extraordinary large Sericho pallasite meteorite (Kenya) matched end cuts with polished faces, featuring large quantities of olivine crystals on the cu

Fantastic El Boludo stone meteorite (Mexico) polished end cut, showing distinct shock veins (dark lines) that were likely caused by tremendous impacts

El Boludo stone meteorite (Mexico) slice and whole individual, paired to show the interior and exterior of the meteorite. The full slice weighs 23.7 g

Immensely desirable NWA 11474 lunar meteorite slice, found in 2017 and acquired in Mauritania. The full slice weighs 4.72 grams and measures approxima

Excellent Canyon Diablo iron meteorite slice and whole individual, originating from the iconic ‘Meteor Crater’ area in Arizona, the most famous meteor

Superb Campo del Cielo iron meteorite (Argentina), boasting a beautiful sculptural 'arrowhead' shape and showing extremely well-formed regma...

Large Campo del Cielo iron meteorite (Argentina), found deeply buried in South America using metal detectors and showing large and well-formed regmagl

Appealing Sikhote-Alin iron meteorite, featuring an unusual protruding 'thumb' and a surface entirely covered by regmaglypts: small oval ind...

Desirable Sikhote-Alin iron meteorite, featuring an interesting zoomorphic shape (resembling a whale, camel, kangaroo, bird, or elephant’s head, depen

Sizable Gao-Guenie stone meteorite from the witnessed fall over Burkina Faso, Africa, on March 5, 1960. The complete stone weighs 302.5 grams and meas

Remarkable NWA 11228 lunar meteorite, discovered in 2017 in Northwest Africa; it is given a number, "11228," because the exact location of...

Appealing NWA 11474 lunar meteorite fragment, found in 2017 and acquired in Mauritania. The small fragment weighs 1.05 grams and measures approximatel

Important Odessa iron meteorite from the collection of the Institute of Meteoritics at the University of New Mexico, recovered in 1922 in Ector County

Handsome Chinga iron ataxite meteorite slice, impressively polished to a mirror finish on both sides. The full slice weighs 175.2 grams and measures a

Al Haggounia 001 stone meteorite, nicely cut into two matching halves with both faces polished. The matched pair weighs 103.6 grams and (put together)

Superior NWA 7998 stone meteorite, showing a showing rich black fusion crust formed by burning in Earth's atmosphere, as well as abundant distin...

Extremely rare NWA 6704 stone achondrite meteorite slice, exhibiting a green hue with mysterious 'bubble trains' suspended in orthopyroxene....

Desirable NWA 11342 stone diogenite meteorite slice, recovered in Northwest Africa. The full slice weighs 19.7 grams and measures approximately 76 mm

Extremely rare NWA 6963 Martian meteorite slice, found in the deserts of Northwest Africa. The partial slice weighs 4 grams and measures approximately

Handsome Agoudal iron meteorite (Morocco) slice, exhibiting an attractive Widmanstatten pattern. The full etched slice weighs 303.9 grams and measures

Group of six small whole stone meteorites, displayed with shockwave glass, from the iconic Chelyabinsk meteor which fell over the southern Ural region

Superb NWA 5950 stone (CV3) meteorite end cut recovered in Algeria in 2009, exhibiting chondrules: the small, colorful, glassy spheres seen in this ex

Fantastic Gebel Kamil iron meteorite (Egypt) slice and whole specimen, paired to show the interior and exterior of the meteorite. The full polished sl

German astronomer (1893–1960) who worked at Mount Wilson Observatory from 1931 to 1958, where, during World War II, he was able to resolve stars in th

French astronomer (1853–1948) who was director of the Meudon and Paris Observatories, and who invented the spectroheliograph and carried out intensive

Scottish astronomer (1843–1914) known for measuring astronomical distances, for astrophotography, and for geodesy; he famously photographed the Great

American astronomer (1909–2002) who studied under Donald H. Menzel and Fred L. Whipple at Harvard, developed a new spectrograph and a wide-field camer

American astronomer (1885–1967) who specialized in photometry and served as the first director of the Maria Mitchell Observatory in Nantucket, Massach

American astronomer (1920–2013) best known for his discovery, with Guillermo Haro, of Herbig–Haro objects: bright patches of nebulosity excited by bip

Danish chemist and astronomer (1873–1967) who, with Henry Norris Russell, developed the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, a scatter plot showing the relati

American astronomer (1891–1972) who, though he had no formal education, was hired at Mount Wilson Observatory in 1919. He assisted Edwin Hubble in for

British theoretical astrophysicist (1935–2018) who was the first to determine that galaxies contain supermassive black holes at their centers. ALS, on

Edmund Neville Nevill, elected a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society under the name Edmund Neison (1849–1940), was known for his popular books on

Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (1893–1985) who spent his postwar career at the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland and won several importan

Danish astronomer and astrophysicist (1908–1987) who made momentous contributions to the understanding of the chemical composition of stars and served

English astronomer (1890–1960) who became renowned as an authority on positional astronomy and served as Astronomer Royal for 23 years; he infamously

German astronomer (1886–1933) from the prolific Struve family, who analyzed the movements of the moons of Saturn and Uranus. ALS in German, signed “G.

Official color glossy 10 x 8 NASA photo of an artist's depiction of Pluto, signed in the upper border in black felt tip, "Clyde W. Tombaugh...

Dutch astronomer (1901–1995) who served as director of Swarthmore College's Sproul Observatory from 1937 to 1972, specializing in the study of p...

Fountain pen signature, “Amelia Earhart,” on a pink 3.75 x 1.5 slip affixed inside a vintage 5 x 7.25 Waterman’s autograph album, which also contains

Two desirable flown fabric presentations created by the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum, each measuring 15 x 20: one features a

Airmail cover stamped with a first-flight cachet, "First Flight, 7 Days N. Y. to Buenos Aires," boldly signed in the upper left corner in ...

TLS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, July 12, 1969. Letter to Nelson Buhler concerning the Baruch award, in full: “On returning from several weeks abroad, I find

TLS signed “Charles A. Lindbergh,” three pages, 8.5 x 11, July 22, 1963. Letter to G. Edward Pendray regarding the book The Guggenheim Medalists: Arch

Boldly signed TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 20, 1971. Letter to Ted DuBay, in full: "Thanks for your Christmas Gree...

Vintage fountain pen signature, "Orville Wright,” on an off-white 4 x 2.5 card bearing two affixed clippings. In fine condition. Accompanied by...

German rocket scientist and engineer (1915–1996) who arrived in America under Project Paperclip on November 16, 1945. He worked with the Wernher von B

German rocket scientist and engineer (June 26, 1915–July 3, 1996) who arrived in America under Project Paperclip on November 16, 1945. He worked with