Muonionalusta Meteorite Cabochon Free Form Flat Cabochon 2024 Rhodium Plated Sweden Discovered 1906 Outer Space Metal Handmade Lisajoy Sachs

The Muonionalusta, probably the oldest meteorite known to man, marks the first occurrence of stishovite in an iron meteorite. It is a meteorite classified as fine octahedrite, which impacted in northern Scandinavia, west of the border between Sweden and Finland, about one million years BCE.

This listing is for ONE cabochon - you will get the exact one in the photos
approximate Weight - 19.625 carats
size 21mm x 12mm x 2.5mm
Pure Meteorite - Rhodium Plated
shape - free form
origin - Sweden
discovered in 1906
size and weight are approximate

This is a really interesting and unusual cabochon - totally cool stuff from outer space. and would make an amazing cool addition in your jewelry designs. This is a sliced section that has been rhodium plated so it will not tarnish or change in the environment - it has a bright shiny coating. Hand Cut By Lisajoy Sachs.

The first fragment of 2024 the Muonionalusta was found in 1906 near the village of Kitkiöjärvi. Around forty pieces are known today, some being quite large. Other fragments have been found in a 15.5 miles × 9.3 mile area in the Pajala district of Norrbotten County, approximately 87 miles north of the Arctic Circle.

The meteorite was first described in 1910 by Professor A. G. Högbom, who named it "Muonionalusta", after a nearby place on the Muonio River. It was studied in 1948 by Professor Nils Göran David Malmqvist.