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Geology Specimens for Sale |
On-Line
Catalogue, Page 1
Conditions of
Sale Specimens are offered on a
first-come, first serve basis. All material is guaranteed to be exactly as
described. A signed Certificate of Authenticity is included with each
meteoritical specimen. For ordering please go to the Ordering page. All major
credit cards accepted including PayPal. Checks are welcome but please email us
first so that we may confirm availability and hold the specimen for
you.
Questions on any
specimens? lab@meteorlab.com
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Sikhote Alin
Iron
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Sikhote-Alin, Siberia
This tennis ball - sized iron meteorite Fell February
12, 1947 over Siberia, Russia. Spectacular, large, regmaglypted specimen with
fusion crust, 826.5 grams.
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| Sikhote-Alin 826.5
grams, 83mm x 70mm x 50mm, $ 940.00 |
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| Sikhote-Alin, iron meteorite, 62 grams. Beautifully
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| Sikhote-Alin, 62
grams, 45mm x 29mm x26mm, $ 140.00 |
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Weston
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Weston, Connecticut, H4
Chondrite
Famous Fall, December 14, 1807, Fairfield
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fragment, chondrule-and inclusion-rich, 13mm x 19mm x 21mm, 10.92 grams,
$1,070.00 |
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Murchison
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Carbonaceous chondrite,
CM2
Famous Fall,
Murchison
Australia, amino acids from space! This is the one that excited biologists -
over 90 amino acids have been found in this meteorite that fell in
1969.
These fragments,
all fusion-crusted, are exceptionally clean with many chondrules and clasts
visible within a dark gray/black matrix.
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| Murchison, 3.40 grams, fusion crust, angular fragment,
13mm x 14mm x 11mm, $408.00 |
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| Murchison, 2.54 grams, fusion
crust, angular fragment, 10mm x 10mm x 12mm, $304.00 |
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| Murchison, 4.40 grams, fusion crust, angular fragment,
16mm x 14mm x 15mm, $528.00 |
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| Murchison, 9.22 grams, fusion crust, angular fragment,
22mm x 18mm x 13mm, $1,090.00 |
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Extremely Rare Carbonado Diamonds
Black Diamonds from Space |
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Carbonado Diamond
2.0ct, 8mm x 6mm x 4mm, $296.00
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Carbonado Diamond
2.6ct, 7mm x 7mm x 5mm $384.00
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Carbonado Diamond
.9ct, 6mm x 6mm x 4mm $133.00
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Current data on Carbonado
Diamonds
Carbonado or "black"
diamonds, are the exotic diamonds found in Brazil and the Central African
Republic. They are unusual for being the color of charcoal and full of frothy
bubbles. These diamonds can also have a face that looks like melted glass.
A research team led by Stephen Haggerty
of Florida International University in Miami has presented a new study that the
odd stones were brought to Earth by an asteroid billions of years ago. The
findings were published online in the journal "Astrophysical Journal Letters"
on December 20, 2006.
The scientists
exposed polished pieces of carbonado to extremely intense infrared light. The
test revealed the presence of many hydrogen-carbon bonds, indicating that the
diamonds probably formed in a hydrogen-rich environment-such as that found in
space. The diamonds also showed strong similarities to tiny nanodiamonds, which
are frequently found in meteorites. Astrophysicists have developed theories
predicting that nanodiamonds form easily in the stellar explosions called
supernovas, which scatter debris through interstellar space.
Haggerty maintains that the deposits in the Central
African Republic and Brazil, probably come from the impact of a diamond-rich
asteroid billions of years ago, when South America and Africa were joined. So
even though the two diamond fields are now thousands of miles apart, they're
remnants of a single, original deposit. Haggerty estimated that the asteroid
must have been about half a mile (one kilometer) in diameter.
The unusual bubbles seen in specimens of carbonados
probably came from fizzing gases when the diamonds were forming, Haggerty
added. This adds further credence to the extraterrestrial origin theory, since
conventional diamonds form under immense pressure deep beneath the Earths
crust, where gas bubbles simply couldn't form.
Carbonado diamonds also contain a mineral called osborneite, which
has been found only in meteorites and comet dust recovered by the recent
Stardust mission. Additionally, adding to the evidence for an extra-terrestrial
origin, carbonado diamonds have never been reported among any of the other 600
tons of "conventional" diamonds mined, sorted, graded, traded, cut, and
polished in the last century. Hopefully, researchers will eventually identify a
carbonado parent body in the Asteroid Belt."
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Beaver Creek
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British Columbia,
Canada
An H6 stone chondrite
that fell on May 26, 1893. This is a nice 6.71 gram fragment of a rare Canadian
meteorite that is mostly held in university and national collections with very
little available to collectors.
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grams, 22mm x 20mm x 10mm $320.00 |
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A Piece of
Mars!
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Martian Meteorite
Display Set
One of the most
thought-provoking areas of science is the search for life on Mars. This search
has been centered around Martian meteorites found on Earth that were blasted
from the Martian surface by impacts.
This Display Set contains a
carefully prepared slice of a Martian meteorite - an actual piece of the planet
Mars - enclosed in an easily opened display case, oak base, engraved brass
label, and signed Certificate of Authenticity.
Martian Display Set $
290.00 |
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Your own piece
of the
Moon!
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Lunar Meteorite
Display Set
Ever think about
touching and owning a piece of the Moon? Impossible only a couple of years ago
but no longer. Several lunar meteorites have been found in the Libyan Desert
and small fragments are occassionally available.
This extraordinary
Display Set contains a 2 to 3mm size fragment of the Moon enclosed in a 2x2"
display case easily opened for examination along with research information, oak
base, engraved brass label, and signed Certificate of Authenticity.
Lunar Meteorite Set, $ 340.00 |
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