These pieces of Muonionalusta meteorite are left from our jewelry-making process and are a perfect addition to jewelry for any space enthusiast. The pieces provide a lustrous silver highlight to any ring while also adding the sentimental value that the ring houses a piece of cosmic history. The pieces are irregularly-shaped scraps from our ring makers, and therefore, they are not large enough to a make a ring. They are intended to be made into shavings or fragments for ring inlay, or smoothed into beads or a small pendant for necklaces. They can also be used as a paperweight or conversation piece. Meteorite is truly extraterrestrial! You can etch the pieces and bring out the Widmanstätten patterns, also known as Thomson structures, which are unique to meteorites. This octahedrite pattern is created during the extremely slow cooling of the metal, which takes millions of years to form and cannot be duplicated on earth. The mostly iron-nickel-cobalt composite has a range of 6-7 on the Mohs hardness scale. See this blog post from PAD site: https://patrickadairdesigns.com/blogs/blog/interesting-meteorite-facts-you-may-or-may-not-know-about Now offered in five sizes! Choose a minimum weight of 20, 40, 60, 80, or 100 grams. You may receive more than one piece to get the selected weight.If you let us know your intended purpose (break up for inlay, make shavings, or keep whole) it will help us choose your piece.
