Lot 738
Exceptional Meteorite Knife Blade Made From Muonionalusta Iron-Nickel Meteorite, Norrbotten, Sweden. This beautiful 6¾" long meteorite knife blade has a 2¾" blade made from a slice of the Muonionalusta iron-nickel meteorite along with a polished four inch Eudialyte handle. Muonionalusta is an iron-nickel meteorite that fell thousands of years ago in in Norrbotten, Sweden in 1906. Eudialyte is a pink, violet or plum colored gemstone from Kola, Russia. Eudialyte is used as a gemstone in jewelry but is limited due to its rarity. The four inch long meteorite blade is 1¼" wide with 2/3 of the blade polished to show the Widmanstatten pattern and 1/3 of the blade of polished reflective iron-nickel. This beautiful and valuable meteorite knife should appeal to both meteorite collectors as well as mineral collectors and comes with a small plastic stand for display. Estimate Value $1,800 - UP
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