Meteorite Fukang - the greatest discovery of the century

This meteorite fell in 2000 in the Gobi Desert in China.
Part of the meteorite, which you see on the first picture is worth 2 million. Dollars.
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Iron meteorite, with striking patches of olivine crystals, weighs 2 211 kg. Such inclusions observed only 1% of all being found meteorites on Earth's surface.











Source: trasyy.livejournal.com

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