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🌠 😉 💫 A part of the universe, in the palm of your hand...miniature Muonionalusta Meteorite cube, featuring Widmanstätten patterns (aka Thomson figures) on all sides. This naturally magnetic little space buddy is ready to join your collection, or be featured in your next project. $50 shipped US on PhenomenalGems.Etsy.com! 💫 😉 #muonionalusta #nickeliron #cubic #squares #widmanstatten #thomsonfigures #miniature #mini #spankbank #fallenstar #meteorshower #magnetic #metallic #crystals #rocksandminerals #sweden #geometric #space #asteroids #phenomenalgems #etsy #etsyshop #etsysellersofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BtgldDFHyzR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1sly9zuf397jr

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Widmanstätten Crystal Patterns From Meteorites

#tbt I’ll never forget seeing this giant Muonionalusta Meteorite cube, complete with Widmanstätten patterns on every face! I saw it a few years back at Tucson, and ever since, a meteorite cube of this size and quality has been on my lifetime wishlist. 😱💫 #throwbackthursday #nfs #meteorites #muonionalusta #nickeliron #widmanstatten #thomsonfigures #giant #museumquality #spankbank #tucsongemshows #fallenstar #meteorshower #magnetic #metallic #crystals #rocksandminerals #sweden #geometric #space #asteroids #phenomenalgems #etsy #etsyshop #etsysellersofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BoiD2wFFRPy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1h3g0qz4e5zyp

Large silver bromide hand print from my meteorite series looking at the Widmanstätten pattern. Series is called ‘Late Heavy Bombardment’. Shot at the Natural History Museum in London. The pattern is a distinct structure that cannot be made on Earth and only formed inside a large mass with a metallic core around 4.5 billion years ago. These large masses were sized somewhere between the Moon and Mars but a huge collision smashed them apart. The fragments I photographed were the interiors of what would have gone on to be other planets in our solar system. I find this pattern to be extraordinarily beautiful and given that it was created 4.5 billion years ago I believe that it is natural phenomena like this which underpin our own aesthetics and informs what humans perceive to be beautiful. We are all formed from this same stuff, star dust. #meteorite #darkroom #largeformat #widmanstatten #caseymoore #naturalhistorymuseum #meteorites @natural_history_museum https://www.instagram.com/p/CL9XjvBHlax/?igshid=mht2e0p6ohla

$89. 17.72ct Meteorite Slice in Sterling Silver Forge Wire Pendant Total Weight. This Meteorite is a Muonionalusta Meteorite classified as fine octahedrite, which impacted in Northern Scandinavia. The first fragments were found in 1906. These Meteorites have been sliced with a diamond blade and have the Widmanstatten pattern. This piece has been forge wrapped in Sterling Silver to make an attractive pendant. Total size is 27 x 11 x 4 mm. Item 154132146193 in our Ebay listings. #Meteorite #GrandIllusionRanch #MeteoritePendant #Widmanstatten #Muonionalusta #FinestKind #HandForged #BestBuy #GiftForHim #GiftForHer #GreatGift #MeteoriteInSilver #MeteoriteSlice #MeteoriteJewelry #LovedByAll #EveryonesFavorite https://www.instagram.com/p/CGJN6O_HRVi/?igshid=16ldvngoctqij

😉 💫 Small but mighty! Miniature Muonionalusta Meteorite cube, featuring Widmanstätten patterns (aka Thomson figures) on all sides. This nifty, naturally magnetic little space friend is ready to chill with you, or be featured in your next project. $50 shipped US on PhenomenalGems.Etsy.com! 💫 😉 #muonionalusta #nickeliron #cubic #squares #widmanstatten #thomsonfigures #miniature #mini #spankbank #fallenstar #meteorshower #magnetic #metallic #crystals #rocksandminerals #sweden #geometric #space #asteroids #phenomenalgems #etsy #etsyshop #etsysellersofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BoiEno_lkwT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1byq4keujibip

What are the complex growth patterns seen on this Muonionalusta meteorite specimen? These etchings are called Wïdmanstätten patterns or Thomson structures, and form as a result of slow cooling, which causes precipitation of two distinct nickel-iron alloys (kamacite and taenite.) When etched with acid, cut, and polished, alloys respond differently to the acid—causing the amazing interweaving crystals to be revealed. Terrestrial metals may exhibit this property, but they differ in appearance and composition from meteoritic material--this particular structure is unique to meteorites! $68 on phenomenalgems.etsy.com. #meteorite #nofilter #space #rock #spacerock #widmanstatten #octahedral #structure #specimen #mineral #phenomenalgems #muonionalusta