Muonionalusta meteorite Pseudo-cubic - Height: 2.93 cm - Width: 3.06 cm - 105 g

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Over 20 years collecting meteorites; former museum curator and experienced restorer.

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Muonionalusta Meteorite – Pseudocubic Individual with Widmanstätten Pattern – 105 g
Beautiful individual specimen of the Muonionalusta iron meteorite, which fell in prehistoric times in the border region of Sweden, Finland, and Norway. This piece displays a striking natural pseudocubic shape, with well-defined edges and faces.
One face retains the natural oxidized crust, while the remaining faces have been cut and polished to reveal a stunning Widmanstätten pattern — the distinctive interlocking bands of kamacite and taenite that form only after millions of years of extremely slow cooling within the core of a planetesimal, long before Earth itself existed.
Details:
Weight: 105 g
Dimensions: 29.3 x 30.6 x 34 mm
Classification: Fine octahedrite (Fe,Ni) – IVA group
Provenance: Muonionalusta, Sweden/Scandinavian region
No chemical or thermal treatment – natural structure
Shape: pseudocubic, one face with natural crust
An ideal collector's piece, suitable both for those starting a meteorite collection and for advanced collectors, thanks to the quality and clarity of the Widmanstätten pattern.

Muonionalusta Meteorite – Pseudocubic Individual with Widmanstätten Pattern – 105 g
Beautiful individual specimen of the Muonionalusta iron meteorite, which fell in prehistoric times in the border region of Sweden, Finland, and Norway. This piece displays a striking natural pseudocubic shape, with well-defined edges and faces.
One face retains the natural oxidized crust, while the remaining faces have been cut and polished to reveal a stunning Widmanstätten pattern — the distinctive interlocking bands of kamacite and taenite that form only after millions of years of extremely slow cooling within the core of a planetesimal, long before Earth itself existed.
Details:
Weight: 105 g
Dimensions: 29.3 x 30.6 x 34 mm
Classification: Fine octahedrite (Fe,Ni) – IVA group
Provenance: Muonionalusta, Sweden/Scandinavian region
No chemical or thermal treatment – natural structure
Shape: pseudocubic, one face with natural crust
An ideal collector's piece, suitable both for those starting a meteorite collection and for advanced collectors, thanks to the quality and clarity of the Widmanstätten pattern.

Details

Name of meteorite
Muonionalusta meteorite
Type of meteorite
Pseudo-cubic
Weight
105 g
Country of origin
Sweden
Height
2.93 cm
Width
3.06 cm
Depth
3.4 cm
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Objects sold
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