Meteorite Slice – Muonionalusta

Meteorite Slice – Muonionalusta

Iron, Fine (IVA) octahedrite Kiruna, Norrbotten, Northern Sweden

Discovered 1904

Measures 8 x 4 x 1/8 inch (20.3 x 10.15 x .32 cm) and weighs 1.11 lbs. (505 grams).

This is a particularly fine, complete slice, with good external surface features and a mesmerizing Widmanstättenpattern, an unearthly shimmering metallic grid which is diagnostic in the identification of iron meteorites. A select example of a superb iron meteorite.