Origin: Cerro de Mercado

3x2 inches

03-00027-E - 35x28 mm / 24

Spinels have often been confused with Rubies

Its dimensions are 46x46x6mm

Vaca Muerta Meteorite | 2.4 Grams | Individual | Mesosiderite A1 | Chile | SO24 Abalone Origin: Cerro de MercadoThis is a superb looking Stony iron or Mesosiderite Vaca Muerta (Dead Cow) classified meteorite weighing 2. 4 grams. This amazing specimen's dimensions are 16x12x11 mm. This classified meteorite was found in 1861 in the driest desert of the world called the Atacama, in Chile. Mesosiderites are formed on the surface of a parent body as a result of impacts with another body. The impact mixed broken fragments of surface eucrites with iron and olivine