Campo del Cielo Meteorite - SOLD 90.42g rockinaboxjewelry The matrix surrounding and protecting

The matrix surrounding and protecting the fossil is a bit too large for our regular cases

In the ancient past of the Carboniferous Period

Known as Burmite

It has been specially prepared to bring out the brilliant reds

This specimen is a complete 4

Campo del Cielo Meteorite - SOLD 90.42g rockinaboxjewelry The matrix surrounding and protecting"Moon defends himself with a spear tipped with a head carved of the soft wood of the bottletree, which breaks apart at the first impact. He also has a club made of the same wood which is too light to cause any harm. The Jaguar tears at his body, pieces of which fall on the earth. These are the meteors, which three times have caused a world fire." ~ Oral myth of Toba cosmology as recorded by Alfred Mtraux, 1946. Thousands of years ago, a massive metal