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Code: MET-GIB01
Price:$340.00
Shipping Weight: 12.00 ounces
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The Gibeon Meteorite, which fell to earth some 12,000 years ago in Namibia, Africa, is classified as an octahedrite (the most common type of iron meteorite). It is composed of taenite and kamacite, two different crystalline varieties of an iron-nickel alloy, which form alternating parallel crystal bands in a characteristic triangular pattern called the Widmanstätten Pattern. Besides iron, Gibeon Meteorites contain an average of 8% nickel, 0.5% cobalt, 0.04% phosphorus, and trace amounts of chromium, copper, zinc, gallium, germanium, and iridium. Gibeon Meteorite specimens range in size from a few grams to one ton.
The Gibeon Meteorite we offer here weighs 255g (9 oz.) and measures 2-3/8" long, 2" wide, and 1" high. It is untreated; the surface appearance is due to normal weathering. Scroll down to view Related Products.
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