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A Gibeon Meteorite Sphere<\/a>
\nDiscovered in Namaland, Namibia, 1836.
\nRe-worked into a sphere more recently.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Christes is holding an online auction (Nov.11-25) of 30 gorgeous meteorites. Check out the galleries: Deep Impact – Martian, Lunar and Other Rare Meteorites Space Rocks for Sale! Buy a Piece of the Moon or Mars\u00a0– WIRED A sampling: A Seymchan Meteorite Sphere Discovered in Russia, 1967; Modern cutting. 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