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Meteorites
Tatahouine Meteorite Specimen & Display Case - Tunisia 1931
Genuine Tatahouine meteorite specimen with educational display. Arrives exactly as pictured. Director George Lucas was inspired by the town's name when naming Tatooine, the desert home planet of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars (which was also partly filmed in Tunisia).
$50
SKU: SQ986Weight: Not listedOrigin: Tunisia
Shipping classstandard_small
Payment planNot offered
Exact item guaranteeYes
Collector notes
The Tatahouine meteorite fell on June 27, 1931, at 1:30 am near Foum Tatahouine, Tunisia, and is famous for its olive-green diogenite composition and its name inspiring George Lucas's fictional planet Tatooine. Achondrite diogenite (HED group), composed of large, unfragmented green orthopyroxene crystals and shock-induced melt veins.
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- Material
- Meteorite/Diogenite
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