Description
Nantan
- Nantan Meteorite
- Fell in 1516 and Discovered in 1958
- Guangxi, China
- This specimen will come in the 3.25″ x 4.25″ Riker Mount with Labels as Shown
- The piece of Meteorite weighs 55.1 grams. In addition, it measures 2.38″ wide
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This iron meteorite might have been observed in 1516, yet the fragments were not retrieved until the 1950’s. When a meteor such as this exploded in the atmosphere before striking the ground, the strewn field over there was 17 miles long by 5 miles wide. Indeed, with so much iron available, it was collected for smelting to aid in the growing industrialization of China. However, there was too much nickel in the iron, and therefore it could not be used.
