Meteorite Stud Earrings from Sweden 396922f96d9c151be8082bc5d7a56896

Meteorite Stud Earrings from Sweden 396922f96d9c151be8082bc5d7a56896The Muonionalusta is a nickel iron meteorite first discovered in Sweden in 1906. Nearly 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle near the small village of Kitkijrvi two children stumbled over a rusty metal object lodged in the ground. After several years of study, it was concluded to be an iron meteorite. It is thought to have fallen approximately 800,000 years ago, making it the largest meteorite to have fallen during our present geological period, "the

grazing on a variety of plants

Barite is a soft mineral that is hard to find in undamaged condition

This gigantic killer whale had two unusual smallish hind limbs

estimated as being about 150 m

rather than swallowing whole

Some species exhibit toothed claws and may therefore have been predators

were made with Jasper

early mammals

These fossil arthropods are preserved in full-body detail or as exoskeleton molts

similarly to Swiss cheese

similar in look to the chambered nautilus

Emeralds are graded by the eye