Muonionalusta Meteorite Sweden, Sterling Silver Post
Muonionalusta Meteorite Sweden, sterling silver post earrings. Stamped 925. 2.1 grams. 6mm squares. Studies have shown it to be the oldest discovered meteorite impacting the Earth during the Quaternary Period, about one million years ago. It is quite clearly part of the iron core or mantle of a planetoid, which shattered into many pieces upon its fall. Since landing on Earth, the meteorite has experienced four ice ages. It was unearthed from a glacial moraine in the northern tundra.
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Muonionalusta Meteorite Sweden, sterling silver post earrings. Stamped 925. 2.1 grams. 6mm squares. Studies have shown it to be the oldest discovered meteorite impacting the Earth during the Quaternary Period, about one million years ago. It is quite clearly part of the iron core or mantle of a planetoid, which shattered into many pieces upon its fall. Since landing on Earth, the meteorite has experienced four ice ages. It was unearthed from a glacial moraine in the northern tundra.
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