NANTAN METEORITES

Nantan Meteorites from China!!
Nantan iron meteorites represent one of the rare witnessed iron meteorite falls in the world. The Nantan meteorite fall was witnessed in May of the year 1516 (Jiajing 11th year) during the reign of the Chinese Emperor Zhengde. Stars fell from the northwest direction, five to six fold long, waving like snakes and dragons. They were as bright as lightning and disappeared in seconds". They fell in Nantan (25 degrees 6' N, 107 degrees 42'E), they were much later found by local farmers in 1958 when China needed a lot of steel to push the country "Great Leap Forward" advocated by Mao Zetung. A lot of the Nantans that you see for sale are heavily rusted. Some are even coated with a "protective" coat to keep them from falling apart. In fact if you were to pick up some of these very rusty Nantans they would feel much lighter than would be expected for an iron meteorite. This is because a large portion of the meteorite is composed of iron oxide (rust) and not iron! By contrast these pieces come from the core of a very large meteorite where there is no rust. These core pieces are very heavy as you would expect an iron meteorite to be and they are stable, making them excellent display pieces and wonderful GIFTS!!! They also show the internal crystaline structure of the Nantan meteorite without having to cut and etch them. While you can buy a rusty old Nantan for just pennies a gram, Nantan Meteorite Core pieces are much more difficult and expensive to obtain and command significantly higher prices per gram than the rusty Old Nantans. These beautiful Nantans are composed of approximately 89% iron, 6.8% nickel and trace amounts of a variety of rare elements. These lovely Natan meteorite cores make ideal gifts and collection pieces-Don't miss out on these Gorgeous specimens!!!
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Nantan Meteorite
0.856"L 0.690"W 0.555"D(China)
Item# NAN22
On Hand Quantity 1
Price: $ 13.00
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Nantan Meteorite
0.767"L 0.741"W 0.477"D(China)
Item# NAN36
On Hand Quantity 1
Price: $ 9.00
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Nantan Meteorite
0.772"L 0.711"W 0.488"D(China)
Item# NAN42
On Hand Quantity 1
Price: $ 9.00
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Nantan Meteorite
0.920"L 0.732"W 0.391"D(China)
Item# NAN49
On Hand Quantity 0
Price: SOLD
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Nantan Meteorite
0.938"L 0.687"W 0.580"D(China)
Item# NAN50
On Hand Quantity 1
Price: $ 14.50
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Nantan Meteorite
0.959"L 0.734"W 0.678"D(China)
Item# NAN38
On Hand Quantity 1
Price: $ 10.00
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Nantan Meteorite
0.917"L 0.525"W 0.388"D(China)
Item# NAN23
On Hand Quantity 0
Price: SOLD
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Nantan Meteorite
1.105"L 0.608"W 0.555"D(China)
Item# NAN43
On Hand Quantity 0
Price: SOLD
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Nantan Meteorite
0.784"L 0.549"W 0.416"D(China)
Item# NAN25
On Hand Quantity 1
Price: $ 9.00
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Nantan Meteorite
0.829"L 0.688"W 0.343"D(China)
Item# NAN30
On Hand Quantity 1
Price: $ 9.65
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Nantan Meteorite
0.829"L 0.707"W 0.256"D(China)
Item# NAN29
On Hand Quantity 1
Price: $ 7.00
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Nantan Meteorite
0.822"L 0.582"W 0.483"D(China)
Item# NAN46
On Hand Quantity 1
Price: $ 10.00

 

 
 
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