Great little Meteorite specimens at a great price.

The meteorite was distributed in northwesterly direction over an area of 27 to 28 kilometers long and 8 kilometers wide. 6.8% Nickel. 89% Iron.

M212 - Meteorite, Thumbnail, Nantan, China

Nantan Meteorite. Nickel-Iron. Nantan county, China. These specimens are thumbnail size  nugget-like pieces. The specimens have been buffed with a wire wheel to remove any scale or rust and to better show the structure of the meteorite.

The Nantan Meteorite fall was recorded in Nantan County's archives in 1516. It is recorded as: Zhengde (the Chinese Emperor in the Ming Dynasty) 11th year, summertime in May. "Stars fell down from a northwest direction, five or six fold long, waving like snakes and dragons, bright like lightning then disappeared in seconds." The first find was recorded in 1958 when the Chinese needed an abundance of steel for constructing "New China". The people were told to go out and find iron ore. At this time even cooking woks were being melted to produce steel. Finding the heavy rock rich with iron seemed a lucky find but unfortunately the iron rocks would not melt. This puzzled the people causing them to send a report to the Chinese central government. Geologist arrived to inspect the rocks and determined them to be iron meteorites.

Price:   $ 12.00 each