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Jordanian astronomer offers rare meteorite for sale

04-02-2024 12:40 PM


Ammon News - Jordanian astronomer Imad Mujahid offered a rare and huge meteorite for sale.

The meteorite was found by the astronomer Mujahid in Wadi Rum at the end of the year 2022.

He sent a sample of it to the European Meteorite Laboratory and obtained a certificate proving that it is an iron meteorite weighing 10 kilograms and 300 grams, and thus it is one of the huge meteorites in terms of size.

International tests also confirmed that it was a "kamacite iron meteorite."

The news of the discovery of the meteorite was published in local, Arab and international media.




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