Lot 1492
Meteorite Blade Knife. This beautiful 7 inch long Meteorite Blade Knife has a four inch blade made from a slice of the Muonionalusta iron-nickel meteorite along with a polished Tinguaite handle. Tinguaite is a fine grained dark green igneous rock from Kola, Russia consisting of feldspar and nepheline and being a lovely dark green color with an estheitic geometric design. The four inch long meteorite blade is 1.25 inches wide with 2/3 of the blade polished to show the Widmanstatten pattern and 1/3 of the blade of polished reflective iron-nickel.
Muonionalusta is an iron-nickel meteorite that was found in Norrbotten, Sweden in 1906. Muonionalusta is classified as a fine octahedrite and has one of the most beautiful Widmanstatten patterns when it is etched. Widmanstatten patterns form when the two alloys of nickel Kamacite and Taenite separate in the iron core of the large asteroid that was destroyed by collision with another large asteroid in the asteroid belt billions of years ago. This separation and pattern form only when the iron core cools at a rate of only a few degrees per million years and is not found on any iron-nickel stones on earth. This valuable and beautiful meteorite knife comes with a small plastic stand for display.
Add $20 for domestic shipping.
Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,700.
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