Aletai Meteorite Necklace | Xinjiang Province, China | 92.9% Fe, 6.7% Ni, 0.4% Co | Sliced and Shaped Meteorite

Discovered in the Xinjiang Province in China in 1898, these meteorites are known for their beautiful Widmanstätten patterns and are well known for being the largest meteorite found to date. Several “fragments” exceed 20 tons in weight, including the main fragment which is around 28 tons. The strewn field (area in which the meteorite was found) stretches over 267 miles due to it’s low angle of entry into Earth’s atmosphere. Fragments were initially given different names based on the area they were found in.
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Natives knew that the iron had fallen from the sky, known to them as “Pigeum Nonralta”, which translates to “Field of Heaven”, and it is believed to be amongst the heaviest single meteorites to strike the earth.
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Metaphysically they are a correspondence to deconstruction of social constructs and understandings. Energetically they widen the field of potential energetic expression beyond the earthly plain.