An unusually beautiful meteorite Fukang

Fukang meteorite whose age, as scientists believe, is 4, 5 billion years old, was found near the same city in China in 2000. It Pallas - type of meteorite with transparent golden crystals of the mineral called olivine, which merged in silver "cells" of nickel and iron. Meteorite great. Perhaps this is the most beautiful piece of alien stone, which we have ever seen.
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1. Fukang meteorite was found by a tourist. This person is often stopped and had lunch at this huge rock. He always wondered what kind of a huge stone with metal and crystals.





2. Finally, he took an ax and chisel and broke off a few pieces of which he sent to the United States to confirm that it is indeed a meteorite.



3. The original meteorite weighed a thousand kilograms, but the stone was so beautiful that everyone wanted to take him a piece. Since the meteorite was disassembled into small pieces, which are sold at auctions or simply spread throughout the world.



4. Total of 31 kg of this type is located at the University of Arizona. Marvin Kilgore from the same University has the largest piece weighing 420 kg.



5. In 2008, this piece could go under the hammer for $ 2 million at auction in New York, but unfortunately for the owner, the day buyers more interested in a piece of petrified dinosaur dung age of 130 million years.



6. Pallasites comprise approximately 50% of olivine crystals, peridotite and 50% of nickel-iron. It is believed that this - the remnants of planets formed.



7. Obviously, they make up less than 1% of the meteorite.



8. It is believed that they originated from the deep and pristine meteors during the formation of the solar system about 4, 5 billion years ago. And few could endure to overcome the earth's atmosphere.



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