Rumuruti (R3) Meteorite Specimen & Display Case - Adrar, Algeria 2017
The Rumuruti meteorite is an extremely rare stony meteorite that fell in Rumuruti, Kenya, on January 28, 1934, and serves as the prototype and namesake for the Rumuruti (R) chondrite group. Arrives as pictured, specimen with educational display case.
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The Rumuruti meteorite is an extremely rare stony meteorite that fell in Rumuruti, Kenya, on January 28, 1934, and serves as the prototype and namesake for the Rumuruti (R) chondrite group. R chondrites come from an independent parent asteroid body distinct from ordinary or carbonaceous chondrites, providing key insights into the early solar system's protoplanetary disk and asteroid surface regolith processes
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