10 Pound IRON NICKEL METEORITE Crystal Meteor Aerolite NANTAN china nugget #11

Shiny round magnet in the photo is not included.  Just to show the magnetic nature of the meteorite. THIS IS A IRON NICKEL METEORITE IN RAW CONDITION. WITH EARTH COVER PART OF THE METEORITE.  The Chinese considered meteorites to be sacred stones from heaven. Lihu and Yaozhai towns, Nandan County, Guangxi, China. Nantan iron meteorites represent one of the rare witnessed iron meteorite falls in the world. The fall in 1516 was recorded vividly -- "During summertime in May of Jiajing 11th year, stars fell from the northwest direction, five to six fold long, waving like snakes and dragons. They were as bright as lightning and disappeared in seconds." So far almost all the iron meteorites found in the world are discovered meteorites, that is, no one witnessed any fall. The Nantan is a exception. The Chinese people actually saw the star falling nearly 500 years ago. No one paid attention to the historical record about the fallen stars at Nandan until 1958, when China needed a lot of stee