Genuine Vaca Muerta Meteorite in Glass Dome

Genuine Vaca Muerta Meteorite in Glass DomeOwn a piece from out of this world. The Vaca Muerta meteorite fell over the Atacama Desert of Chile, one of the driest places on Earth a landscape so barren it preserved these cosmic fragments for thousands of years until their discovery. Holding this piece means holding something that formed at the very birth of our solar system. You are not just looking at a rock you are looking at a frozen moment in cosmic history. Classified as a Mesosiderite,

a group of duck-billed dinosaurs

and the long posterior spinnerets that define the family

Aphelops was hornless — making it an oddity among rhinoceroses

it captures the delicate beauty of this cherished gemstone

This environment was cold and dry

Beetle in matrix was recovered from the Maricopa asphalt seep in Southern California in the 1960’s and 70’s

and the geology there explains why

Depending on the species

sea-dwelling lizards with powerful jaws and paddle-like limbs

Shape: Laterally compressed and slightly curved

Teleoceras proterum preferred low lying terrain near water sources  rivers

Classification & Composition Muonionalusta is classified as a fine octahedrite