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This new meteorite display features a tiny sample of the lunar meteorite Dhofar 1084 - a genuine piece of our Moon!  This lunar anorthosite was first found in the Zufar region of Oman in 2003.  This is a low-TKW lunar meteorite with only 90 grams in existence!  This meteorite is rarely seen on the collector market and I only have a small quantity of it - once these are gone, I won't be able to get more Dho 1084. The meteorite specimen is encased in a clear acrylic gemjar which is....]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:18:53 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/mars-rock-retro-art-martian-meteorite-display-tata-shergottite $49.00
This new meteorite display features a sample of the newest and freshest meteorite from the planet Mars! - a small sample of the Martian shegottite "Tissint which just fell to Earth in July of 2011.  Very little of this material on the market right now.  (read more about the Tissint Martian meteorite below) The meteorite specimen is encased in a clear acrylic gemjar which is placed inside a handsome display box that has a black pebblegrain finish and a glass viewing window.  The M....]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:08:05 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/the-ultimate-exotic-collection-kit-meteorite-moldavite-fossils-gemstones-amber-and-more $479.00
What gift do you get for the person who has everything? This new collector kit has some of the world's most exotic and rare specimens, all gathered into one master collection.   Galactic Stone & Ironworks presents this exclusive collection and nowhere on Earth will you find a gift kit like this one.  Every one of these kits is custom made to order with specimens from my personal collection and the best examples available on the market.  Contained in this kit are : mete....]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:10:43 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/advanced-meteorite-collection-over-80-different-specimens-in-display-cases $379.00
This set of meteorites includes over 80 different specimens presented in handsome glass-top display cases.  This is a great way to acquire an entire collection of meteorites in one package - this group of specimens includes witnessed falls, rare types, Vestans, lunars, American and desert finds.  It would take months or years to put acquire all of these meteorites individually.  Each micromount specimen has it's own labeled gemjar for storage and display.  These gemjars a....]]> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:57:48 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/space-shuttle-historic-last-launch-newspaper-display $59.00
At 11:29am EDT on July 8, 2011, a NASA space shuttle launched into space for the last time.  This historic launch of the shuttle Atlantis marked the end of the manned space shuttle program that was mankind's most successful reuseable manned vehicle.  The space shuttle was the successor to the famed Apollo program, and now the shuttle has been retired into history. This display is a large riker box that measures 16 inches by 12 inches by 1 inch.   Inside the Riker is a comple....]]> Sun, 04 Sep 2011 09:06:55 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/mars-rock-retro-art-martian-meteorite-display-nwa-2975 $49.00
This new meteorite display features a sample of the newest and freshest meteorite from the planet Mars! - a small sample of the Martian shegottite "Tissint" which just fell to Earth in July of 2011.  Very little of this material on the market right now.  (read more about the Tissint Martian meteorite below) The meteorite specimen is encased in a clear acrylic gemjar which is placed inside a handsome display box that has a black pebblegrain finish and a glass viewing window.  The ....]]> Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:15:47 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/exclusive-creation-of-the-universe-meteorite-display-original-art $29.00
This riker box display is a Galactic Stone exclusive and it features original art by B. Nault.  Each displays comes with a full-color laser print on cardstock image of a "heavenly figure" creating the universe.  The known universe, galaxies, and star clusters are seen bursting forth from the singlularity of the Big Bang, and the heavenly old man is leaping forth from it.  Above the image, there is a cut out with a nice tumble-polished unclassified meteorite.  Each display c....]]> Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:28:38 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/tagish-lake-canada-2000-witnessed-fall-exotic-c2-ung-comet-like $29.00
Tagish Lake (C2-ungrouped) - one of the most unusual of all meteorites.  This ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite is a pristine material that is unlike any other carbonaceous type.  Tagish Lake was a witnessed fall over rural Northern Canada, and it's fall was photographed sufficiently for it's orbit to be calculated.  Tagish Lake originated from the cold and dark regions of the outer asteroid belt, where old pristine asteroids orbit far outside the reach of the Sun's radiation (D-ty....]]> Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:49:45 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/meteorite-collection-28-different-labelled-specimens-in-a-display $139.00
This handsome 12" x 8" Riker box display has a black pebblegrain finish and a glass lid.  Underneath the glass lid in black foam cutouts are 28 different meteorite specimens.  Each specimen comes in a labelled gemjar.  The labels are facing up in the gemjars, so the specimens can be identified easily without removing the jars from the display.  Of course, each specimen can be removed and handled or examined if desired.  This is an entire meteorite collection in one kit....]]> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:22:14 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/park-forest-display-illinois-hammer-meteorite-2003-l5-chondrite $29.00
This handsome meteorite display contains a genuine fragment of the Park Forest L5 chondrite meteorite that fell over the Cook County area of Illinois on March 26, 2003.  Park Forest meteorites showered over populated areas, and a number of homes, vehicles, and man-made objects were impacted.  Park Forest is a famous "hammer" meteorite that is a must have for any collector.  (see the Meteoritical Bulletin entry below) This display contains a small sample micromount of Park Fores....]]> Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:33:13 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/murchison-display-rare-1969-carbonaceous-meteorite-w-amino-acids $29.00
This handsome meteorite display contains a genuine fragment (select choice piece) of the Murchison carbonaceous chondrite meteorite that fell over Murchison Australia on September 28, 1969.  Murchison meteorites were reported to have a strange rotten smell when fresh.  Later scientific studies suggest that this odor was due to the presence of various organic compounds, including amino acids.  Murchison has been one of the most studied meteorites in science.  Countless resea....]]> Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:23:53 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/hedo-display-lot-of-four-meteorites-from-asteroid-vesta $39.00
This kit contains genuine "top soil" from the asteroid 4 Vesta.  This parent body is home to the HED class of meteorites and it represents a "failed planet" that currently orbits in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.  This display kit has a laser-print of the asteroid surface and a glass vial of asteroid dust/regolith in a handsome Riker display case (eucritic dust and fragments from Vestan meteorite NWA 3152). At one time, early in asteroid Vesta's history, it was subjected....]]> Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:33:05 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/chicxulub-tektite-display-rare-dinosaur-extinction-relic $59.00
Here is an actual remnant of the impacting asteroid that caused the dinosaur extinction 65 million years ago.   During that fateful event, a large asteroid slammed into the Yucatan peninsula area of what is now the Gulf of Mexico.  The catastrophic effects killed off the dinosaurs and many other species of life.  The actual impactor itself is long gone, disintegrated by millions of years of exposure to Earth's elements.  But, these tiny micro-tektites are still here - mi....]]> Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:08:25 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/moon-rock-exclusive-retro-art-lunar-meteorite-display $49.00
This new meteorite display features a tiny sample of the lunar meteorite Dhofar 1084 - a genuine piece of our Moon!  This lunar anorthosite was first found in the Zufar region of Oman in 2003.  This is a low-TKW lunar meteorite with only 90 grams in existence!  This meteorite is rarely seen on the collector market and I only have a small quantity of it - once these are gone, I won't be able to get more Dho 1084. The meteorite specimen is encased in a clear acrylic gemjar which is....]]> Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:20:35 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/retro-meteorite-display-box-w-vintage-astronomy-art $25.00
This handsome display box has a black pebblegrain finish and a glass lid to protect the contents. Inside the display box is a piece of genuine meteorite (SPACE ROCK!). The display has a vintage astronomy theme as shown in the photo. The meteorite is an unclassified stony chondrite that was found in the Saharan desert. Your purchase includes an info-sheet about meteorites. The display box measures approx. 3" x 4" inches. The box can opened and the meteorite can be taken out and handled. Own a ....]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:44:44 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/retro-meteorite-display-box-w-vintage-astronomy-theme $25.00
This handsome display box has a black pebblegrain finish and a glass lid to protect the contents. Inside the display box is a piece of genuine meteorite (SPACE ROCK!). The display has a vintage astronomy theme as shown in the photo. The meteorite is an unclassified stony chondrite that was found in the Saharan desert. Your purchase includes an info-sheet about meteorites. The display box measures approx. 3" x 4" inches. The box can opened and the meteorite can be taken out and handled. Own a ....]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:45:57 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/limited-edition-trinitite-display-vintage-pop-sci-mushroom-cloud $49.00
Trinitite was formed during the historic Trinity test of the world's first atomic bomb. Large amounts of desert sand and debris were vaporized into the mushroom cloud and the ground below was liquified into blobs. These blobs cooled and solidified into Trinitite. Collection of new Trinitite samples is now prohibited and access to the old testing site is blocked. The only Trinitite on the market is old stock from before the 1950's ban. This material is safe to own (stored properly) because the mo....]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:49:23 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/limited-edition-trinitite-display-vintage-pop-sci-atomic-art $49.00
Trinitite was formed during the historic Trinity test of the world's first atomic bomb. Large amounts of desert sand and debris were vaporized into the mushroom cloud and the ground below was liquified into blobs. These blobs cooled and solidified into Trinitite. Collection of new Trinitite samples is now prohibited and access to the old testing site is blocked. The only Trinitite on the market is old stock from before the 1950's ban. This material is safe to own (stored properly) because the mo....]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:46:56 GMT http://www.galactic-stone.com/product/trinitite-display-historic-atom-bomb-glass $39.00
Trinitite was formed during the historic Trinity test of the world's first atomic bomb. Large amounts of desert sand and debris were vaporized into the mushroom cloud and the ground below was liquified into blobs. These blobs cooled and solidified into Trinitite. Collection of new Trinitite samples is now prohibited and access to the old testing site is blocked. The only Trinitite on the market is old stock from before the 1950's ban. This material is safe to own (stored properly) because the mo....]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:01:40 GMT