Aletai Meteorite Altay Prefecture China Bismuth turquoise and golden yellow

turquoise and golden yellow

Age: Formed during the Late Cretaceous period

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Aletai Meteorite Altay Prefecture China Bismuth turquoise and golden yellowThe Aletai meteorite takes its name from the Altay Prefecture in Northern China's Xinjiang region the landscape where fragments of one of the most remarkable iron meteorites ever discovered were gradually recovered over more than a century. First identified in 1898 under the name Armanty, the meteorite was known by several names as additional masses came to light. It was not until 2016 that the scientific community formally unified all known fragments