Meteorite Pendants

Aletai Meteorite Pendants

Meteorite Locality: Xinjiang, China
Discovery: 1898

The Aletai Meteorite belongs to Group IIIE, a specific type of iron meteorite. 
This classification refers to meteorites that have a certain chemical composition and crystallographic structure.
Meteorites in this group thend to have an octahedral structure, which means that when cut and polished, they reveal specific patterns called Widmanstätten patterns - beautiful drawings!