The Great Nama Land,
Namibia, South Africa
Finest Iron Octahedrite

This is one of the largest meteor strewn fields found on Earth. The Gibeon strewn field exceeds 40 miles wide and 250 miles long. Scientists believe that this meteor entered the atmosphere at a 30-degree angle. Most of the fragments of this meteor were found on top of the ground. The natives of South Africa used the material for tools and weapons. This Iron Meteorite has in it a unique crystallization known as the Widmanstatten crystal structure, a result of cooling in outer space over billions of years. Assays of the recovered meteorite fragments yield 87% iron, 10% nickel and small nodules of graphite, trolite and traversite. Scientists have also found rare minerals called Enstatite and Tridymite. These minerals are only found in nuclear fusion. Some of the Gibeon fragments have also yielded silicate inclusions. The Gibeon Meteorite was found in 1836.

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Gibeon Meteorite -- 112.2 grams Size: 1 x 1-1/4 x 1 in.

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