Stunning texture and radical color from an ‘iron of heaven’ - a piece of meteorite sold on the black market. And it’s just my kind of drug. Here is a bit from the NYT article: “The mystery began thousands of years ago with Egyptian hieroglyphs, which refer to the “iron of heaven.” Archaeologists have long debated whether the Egyptians made artifacts from iron meteorites that fell to Earth in fiery upheavals. The main evidence came from ancient knife blades of iron that had high concentrations of nickel — a rare element in the Earth’s crust that was considered a signature of extraterrestrial origin.” ::read the complete article here.
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Stunning texture and radical color from an ‘iron of heaven’ - a piece of meteorite sold on the black market. And it’s just my kind of drug.

Here is a bit from the NYT article:

“The mystery began thousands of years ago with Egyptian hieroglyphs, which refer to the “iron of heaven.” Archaeologists have long debated whether the Egyptians made artifacts from iron meteorites that fell to Earth in fiery upheavals. The main evidence came from ancient knife blades of iron that had high concentrations of nickel — a rare element in the Earth’s crust that was considered a signature of extraterrestrial origin.”

::read the complete article here.