The Fukang Meteorite
Back in the year 2000, an incredible meteorite weighing 2,211 pounds was discovered near Fukang, a city located in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, China. Named the Funkang meteorite, it was identified as a pallasite, a type of stony–iron meteorite. With 4.5 billion years in the making, its golden olivine mixed with silvery nickel-iron to create a stunningly beautiful mosaic effect.
Pallasites are extremely rare even among meteorites (only about 1% of all meteorites are this type) and Fukang has been hailed as one of the greatest meteorite discoveries of the 21st century.It has since been divided into slices which give the effect of stained glass when the sun shines through them. It is so valuable that even tiny chunks sell in the region for $40 to $60 a gram. An anonymous collector holds the largest portion, which weighs 925 pounds.
KiruGon ~ by みなはむ
Saturday Jun 15 @ 06:52amUntitled by Nicholas Scarpinato and Kyle Thompson
Nick and I collaborated on this on Sunday. The sun was setting so we climbed on top of a big wood chip pile and jumped around and danced and kicked wood chips everywhere.
Happy Earth Day!
$danlev created a wonderful Earth Day feature with 80 gorgeous photos of our planet.
“Granite Reflections” by ~davidrichterphoto
