Spherical-cut meteorite on ebay, yours for $18,000

Rob Beschizza 7:13 am Mon Jun 12, 2017

Listed as a Seymchan Pallasite Olivine Meteorite, this beautiful item is priced $18,000 but they're accepting offers.

Mineral Origin: Magadan District, Russia, 1967

Diameter: 2.77" / 70.3 mm

Weight: 2 lbs 4.3 oz / 1029 grams / 1.029 kilograms

…Seymchan is a Pallasite meteorite found in the dry bed of the Hekandue River in the Magadan District, Russia, near the settlement of Seymchan in June 1967 …

Pallasites consist of a nickel-iron matrix packed with Olivine crystals and account for less than 2% of all known meteorites … and unlike many meteorites, Seymchan is stable and rust resistant!

Due to the rarity of the Seymchan material and the large cut loss incurred to make a sphere, very few have been cut! … and we can almost guarantee, another one this size is unlikely to be ever cut!

In April 2016, a Seymchan Pallasite sphere sold at Christie's Auction for over $10,000! … and it was only 434 grams! … less than half the size of this one! In October 2012, a 548 gram Seymchan Pallasite sphere sold for $13,000!

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