This Nantan meteorite was part of a witnessed and documented fall in 1516 in Nantan County, China, with historical records from the time referring to ‘stars falling from the sky’. The collision scattered over 9.5 tonnes of debris on the Earth’s surface. At over 4.5 billion years old this uniquely shaped nickel-iron space rock is as ancient as the earth itself.
This is 1 of 127 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-MG. This particular object is registered with a unique reference code with the Meteoritical Bulletin Database.
Reference: Nantan
This Nantan meteorite was part of a witnessed and documented fall in 1516 in Nantan County, China, with historical records from the time referring to ‘stars falling from the sky’. The collision scattered over 9.5 tonnes of debris on the Earth’s surface. At over 4.5 billion years old this uniquely shaped nickel-iron space rock is as ancient as the earth itself.
This is 1 of 127 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-MG. This particular object is registered with a unique reference code with the Meteoritical Bulletin Database.
Reference: Nantan
