Note that number in brackets in auction title is only my inventory number for this lot

 ALETAI is an iron meteorite and is from a very rare classification of IIIE-an. Only two meteorites from this group are known (The other being a 58 kilo meteorite found in Russia). It is the only meteorite of this classification available so if you have a type collection you need this meteorite. It fell in a vast sparsely populated region of Western China.

In 1898 a massive 28,000 kilo meteorite was found and named the ARMANTY Meteorite.  It is currently the worlds fifth largest meteorite (Behind Hoba, Cape York and two Campo specimens). It was considered a single individual. In 2004 another meteorite was found and named the ULASITAI meteorite. A third unnamed meteorite was also found (Believed to be in 2005) and was sold to an anonymous private collector. In 2011 two more meteorites were found in the same general area and named the AKEBULAKE and WUXILIKE meteorites. In 2021 another meteorite (WUQILIKE) was found. 

Given the exceedingly rare classification and from the same general area further study deemed them to be all paired from the same fall. The strewnfield is an astonishing 430km long (And believed to be longer). Scientists believe that it must have entered the atmosphere at an extremely low trajectory possibly even skipping the ground. It is by a very wide margin by far the largest meteorite strewnfield on the planet.

Today the ALETAI meteorite fall is at least 74 tonnes and three of the largest ten known individual meteorites are ALETAI (Taking fifth, sixth and ninth spot). Many thousands of samples have been found including this one (Which has been tumbled to clean it up and look nice). 



 You will receive the exact item shown in the photo so look over photo closely as what you see is what you get.  

Combining lots to save on overall postage would be fine. Item will be sent with Tracking
 
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