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Stony-Iron METEORITE

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Asian Antiques Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 200.00 USD
Stony-Iron METEORITE
Online Auction only, with advance bids accepted at iCollector and at the Gallery. No live bidding
in the Gallery, and tie bids go to the earliest bidder. All proceeds will go 100% to the World Peace Foundation Building Fund of Hadley, MA.
Fun collectible, this dark brown sky-stone fell in Northern Thailand and developed a nice fustion crust from the heat of traversing earths atmosphere (aka - a Shooting Star). Technically of the "Chondrite" type, it was found by a college student/scholar who was given a metal detector by his father for good grades. He has helped put himself through college by finding these. About 2" in the greatest dimension, and weighing 118.7 grams, it is a nice find that likely shows some impact porosity from hitting the sandy soil there.