SEYMCHAN IRON METEORITE SPHERE Rhodium Plated Carving Etched WIDMANSTATTEN For Sale

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and I will buy back the item for your full purchase price.Hi there, I am selling this amazing rhodium plated, Seymchan iron meteorite etched sphere! Meteorites are one of the RAREST materials on earth, more rare than diamonds!!!! This one fell in the Magadan Oblast region of eastern Siberia, Russia. The etched surface of this specimen reveals the natural Widmanstten pattern. The Widmanstatten pattern is a crystal structure that occurs only in the iron-nickel meteorites. For this to form, the parent body has to be large enough that most of its metal content melted and sank to the core, then slowly cooled over millions of years. Then at some point, this large body was destroyed and shattered, eventually raining pieces of itself down on Earth. When you hold this bead in your hand, you are holding the core of a small planet that no longer exists! These beads are one of the most prized possessions and I know it would make an AMAZING addition to any collection of ANY type, especially of meteorites and stones! Don\'t let this one pass you by. Anyway, I am offering it here, now, for you. Hopefully this will find a great home out there, and make someone thrilled. This is carved into a sphere, etched perfectly by an expert etcher, and then plated with RHODIUM! Rhodium plating of iron meteorites has become all the rage and for a really good reason, they are practically indestructible once they are plated with rhodium! The process is really expensive and only a few meteorite carvers even have this process available to them. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask me. Thanks so much for visiting my sale and have a great day!If you purchase from me you should know that the authenticity of this meteorite is guaranteed!
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Seymchan (meteorite)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchSeymchanSeymchan.jpgAn olivine-free portion of SeymchanType Stony-ironStructural classification Coarse octahedriteClass PallasiteGroup Main Group PallasiteComposition 9.15% Ni, 24.6 ppm Ga, 68.3 ppm Ge, 0.55 ppm Ir.Country RussiaRegion Magadan OblastCoordinates 62°54′N 152°26′ECoordinates: 62°54′N 152°26′E[1]Observed fall NoFound date June 1967TKW about 380 kgCommons page Related media on Wikimedia CommonsSeymchan is a pallasite meteorite found in the dry bed of the river Hekandue, a left tributary of river Jasačnaja in the Magadan district, Russia, near the settlement of Seymchan, in June 1967.Contents1 History2 Composition and classification2.1 Specimens3 See also4 References5 External linksHistoryThe main mass of 272.3 kilograms (600 lb) was found during a survey in June 1967 by geologist F. A. Mednikov. The mass was a triangular-shaped thumbprinted meteorite lying among the stones of the brook bed. A second specimen of 51 kilograms (112 lb) was found with a mine detector at a distance of 20 m from the first in October 1967 by I. H. Markov. The main mass was turned over to the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
During a new expedition in 2004, Dmitri Kachalin recovered about 50 kilograms (110 lb) of new material. Remarkably, about 20% of the new specimens were found to contain olivine crystals,[2] and so revealed the silicated nature of the meteorite. The pallasitic structure was not previously discovered during studies on small metal-only sections of the original mass.
Composition and classification
Seymchan, Pallasite, PMG.Seymchan belongs to Main Group pallasites, but it is considered anomalous due to its high Iridium content.[3] Before the discovery of its pallasitic structure it had been classified as IIE anomalous coarse octahedrite. Seymchan is considered a stable and rust-resistant pallasite.
SpecimensDue to the heterogeneous structure of Seymchan, there are two types of specimens: with or without olivine crystals. It is worthy to note that the specimen pictured to the left shows an interesting, seldom seen feature of iron meteorites. The Widmanstätten pattern on the left hand side of the specimen is visibly bent. This is caused by the shearing of the meteorite as it broke up during atmospheric entry and serves as testimony of the violent experience a meteor is subject to as it falls through the atmosphere.