Precious gift of heaven weighing 1 ton: meteorite Fukan 
Photos from open sources One tourist from America often stopped for a snack on a huge rock near the Chinese the city of Fukang. Once he drew attention to an unusual the crystalline structure of the rock on which crouched to rest, and sent several of her fragments for examination in the United States. So in 2000 a rare meteorite was discovered, which in honor of the place where he was found was called Fukan. 
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This find is regarded as the greatest “heavenly” gift, because it is unique in many ways. First, a meteorite consists of precious pallasite, i.e. iron-nickel base interspersed with olivine, and this is a rather rare occurrence. On the ground chrysolite (the second name of olivine) is also found, but crystals such large sizes on our planet have not yet been found, and the weight Fukan meteorite amounted to 1003 kg. Secondly, the age of this space jewels are estimated to be estimated 4.5 billion years, that is, a meteorite is almost the same age Of the earth.
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Photos from open sources Unfortunately, this unique find very quickly “dispersed” into small fragments that tourists broke off as a keepsake. Therefore, over time, the meteorite was divided into several small parts and started putting up for sale on auctions around the world. There are versions that some parts printed on a 3D printer Picaso 3D Designer and sold to collectors. 
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Photos from open sources The most famous lot, the starting price which was announced at $ 2 million, was announced at New York auction in 2008 – the weight of the meteorite block was 420 kg. But at that time, buyers did not appreciate such an unusual a jewel, so the lot was never sold. Over time this the huge splinter was divided into smaller pieces that were subject to cutting. One part of a meteorite weighing 31 kg today kept at the American Museum of Natural History. 
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