Meteorite set in silver (119785)

A Muonionalusta Meteorite set in a silver cage. Measures 1" including setting.

Studies have shown Muonionalusta Meteorite to be the oldest discovered meteorite impacting the Earth during the Quaternary period, about one million years ago. It is quite clearly part of the iron core or mantle of a planetoid, which shattered into many pieces upon its fall on our planet. Since landing on Earth the meteorite has experienced four ice ages. It was unearthed from a glacial moraine in the northern tundra. It has a strongly weathered surface.