Beautiful aerodynamic CC-type with unusual metal beads.
The micrometeorite [NMM 2786] is a beautiful elongated cryptocrystalline micrometeorite with amazing aerodynamic properties. It has a large nickel-iron bead in the fron and amazing “speed lines” backwards. At the tail is a smaller secondary nickel bead, note the difference between the slightly oxided metal bead in the front, and the completely intact secondary bead at the tail. This phenomenon has hardly been documented better in any photo before.
The stone was found October 19, 2020, at Rosenvilde, Bærum, Viken, Norway.
NMM 2786 - Bærum (Rosenvilde)
Top quality micrometeorite mounted on a signed microslide (cardboard/aluminum/glass). The stone is from Jon Larsen’s own collection and is in pristine condition (no sign of weathering, low terrestrial age), complete and oriented.
The catalogue number refers to his index, the NMM archive (the main index of Norwegian Micro Meteorites, Jon Larsen’s urban Stardust Collection). The stone was found and curated by Jon Larsen.
VERIFICATION: The MM has been confirmed extraterrestrial by SEM/EDS analysis and visual identification by Jon Larsen, and is a verified micrometeorite, hereby confirmed in writing. The stone is delivered with a signed Certificate of Authenticity incl. classification, and one digital color photo by Jan Braly Kihle and Jon Larsen.