Lot 806
Muonionalusta Meteorite Dagger. This beautiful 10 inch long meteorite dagger has a 6 inch long x 1.1 inch wide etched Iron-Nickel meteorite blade and a 4 inch long Cholla Cactus handle. The meteorite slice is from Muonionalusta, an iron-nickel meteorite that was found in Norrbotten, Sweden in 1906 and since then additional meteorites have been found in one of the largest strewnfields on earth at 30 x 10 kilometers. Muonionalusta is classified as a fine octahedrite and has one of the most beautiful Widmanstatten patterns when it is etched. Widmanstatten patterns form when the two alloys of nickel Kamacite and Taenite separate in the iron core of the large asteroid that was destroyed by collision with another large asteroid in the asteroid belt billions of years ago. The beautiful Muonionalusta Widmanstatten pattern is very similar to the pattern found on the Gibeon meteorite which is probably from the same parent asteroid body.
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Estimated Value $700 - 1,200.
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| Realized $1,860 |
