CHINGA, Asteroid Core *** SPECIAL, NO RESERVE PRICE *** Metallic meteorite - 113 g

Complete piece of great beauty, with a number of regmaglypts. It is estimated that it fell about 10,000 to 20,000 years ago, and it was discovered in 1913 by gold diggers in Tuva, near the Chinge River Chinga is a strange type of metallic meteorite, it was officially classified as an iron ungrouped meteorite although structurally it is an ataxite which means "without structure". Ataxites have more than 18% nickel and show no Widmanstatten Pattern Actually, they are a piece of an asteroid core. In the differentiation process, when the asteroid is a ball of magma, during its formation, iron and nickel settle to the core of the asteroid, as they are the heaviest elements. After cooling, the asteroid metal core is formed. Through catastrophic collisions, the asteroid and its core break and the fragments remain in space, until a piece falls into our planet. They are estimated to account for 5. 7% of falls. This specimen is a magnificent final cut piece, with a very beautiful window and external features, normal in this meteorite. At Expometeoritos, we take care of dissemination, talks, workshops, analyses, classification and exhibitions of meteorites. We are members of: .
- IMCA (International Meteorite Collectors Association) #8187 .
- Meteoritical Society .
- American Meteor Society All our pieces are certified and, if the value of the piece is over €300, we also provide its chemical composition analysis, carried out in our facilities by X-ray spectrography.