 Iron (nickel
iron) Meteorites:
Iron meteorites are among some of the
most rare on earth. only about 5% of all meteorites that
fall to earth are irons. That's not much considering meteorites
are rare to begin with. Scientists believe that iron meteorites
are literally at the "core" of planet building
in our universe, and could be how the earth and for that
matter ALL planets were formed. Read this article on "How
To Make A Planet" by the Smithsonian
National Museum of Natural History. Iron
meteorites are made of a nickel iron alloy, and many
were made into tools and weapons for ancient peoples.
Even more amazing than that, it's theorized that the very
pieces of iron meteorites we hold in our hand today are
some of the very same nickel iron material that helped
form our planet. Tthe meteorites for
sale on this page could possibly have been floating around
our solar
system for millions of years!
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