This is a fragment of the Seymchan meteorite from Russia. The majority of this 6 inch meteorite consists of iron-nickel metal, and the darker-colored structure in the center is schreibersite.

Christie’s online-only auction “Deep Impact”: Martian, lunar and other rare meteorites, features some of the oldest objects in the world – 4.5 billion years old. The sale includes rare meteorites that ...

A wafer-thin slice of meteorite at the Yale Peabody Museum contains otherworldly gems. Olivine crystals, known as peridots to jewelers, are embedded in the specimen’s shiny iron-nickel alloy. When ...

The Peabody Museum of Natural History is now home to one of the largest and most diverse meteorite collections in the world — one that has drawn interest from researchers around the globe. The ...