Zacatecas Meteorite / Weight 110.30g

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Zacatecas (Iron,medium octahedrite, shocked recrystalized (IIIB), Zacatecas, Mexico, Found 1969) Identified as a meteorite after serving as an anvil for 40 years! Medium octahedrite with superimposed recrystallization structure. Meteoritical bulletin : http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=30382 Very interesting and informative slice of Zatatecas Etched part slice with corner flattened by hammer (see top / left side) during serving as an anvil for 40 years! Weight : 110.30g Size : 75x35x6mm More meteorites for sale, classification index table: http://www.meteorites.tv/contents/en-us/d357.html About us: Labenne Meteorites is a private organization specialized in finding and supplying meteorites to institutions and private collectors. Every year since the 1970s, governments have sponsored expeditions to retrieve meteorites in Antarctica . However, it has only been since the 1990s that warm deserts like the Sahara have revealed their remarkable discovery potential. Our numerous finds are certainly witness to this fact. Through systematic and dedicated searching, we have found thousands of meteorites - many of which have attracted serious scientific interest. In addition to the Lunar and Martian specimens from various space exploration missions, Lunar and Martian meteorites arrive on Earth from unexplored, uncharted regions of the Moon and Mars, and inspire extensive research. Interest in such exceptional meteorites is on the rise in both the scientific community and the general public, as fascination for all things related to Space, particularly Mars and the Moon, goes sky-high. Our Scientific Roots Over the last eight years, we've organized expeditions to find and collect new meteorites in the warm deserts of the world, primarily the Sahara and Oman . Our expeditions have led us to discover several thousand new meteorites, known by the names Sahara and Dhofar. They have been the object of extensive scientific research in the world's largest universities, research institutes and museums in Europe, the United States and Japan . Our finds are exhibited in the most prestigious collections in the world - the Natural History Museum in London, the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, Das Naturhistorische Museum Wien in Vienna, Museum Für Naturkunde in Berlin, American Museum of National History in New York, Chicago Field Museum in Chicago. We are members of the Meteoritical Society , the official organization governing the classification and reference of new meteorites affiliated with the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of the University of Arkansas , in the United States . The Meteoritical Society is also responsible for the scientific journal Meteoritics and Planetary Science , entirely devoted to meteorite research. Luc Labenne More meteorites for sale, visit http://www.meteorites.tv ,"Meteorites For Science, Education & Collectors" ~ 700 Meteorites For Sale » Search in The Meteorite Classification Index Table INTERNATIONAL METEORITE COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION Authenticity GUARANTEED * Click the image Note: T are two more photos to demonstrate Zacatecas was used as an anvil. On the photo 3, the marks and residues (the black residue are different from crust covered typically iron meteorite) visible on the top edge are in accord to the fact that is was used as an anvil. Also the typical patterns disappear progressively close to the edge and the corner is flattened by years of hammering. Luc Labenne Thank you very much for looking and if you are bidding, good luck! read more

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