Polished Corvettite - SOLD 0.634" Piece meteoritejewelry 765" mission-flown nose landing gear

765" mission-flown nose landing gear tire fragment from the Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102)

Their name means “mountain teeth

All that ended with a six-mile-long asteroid that wiped out all non-avian dinosaurs in one fell swoop

Pteranodon longiceps - Pteranodons are one of the largest known species of flying reptiles and lived during the late Cretaceous period

Specimens can be removed for examination but one must be very cautious

Polished Corvettite - SOLD 0.634" Piece meteoritejewelry 765" mission-flown nose landing gearDuring the post war Golden Age of Automobiles, factory workers from several different manufacturers discovered something curious. During the painting process, layers upon layers of automobile paint would accumulate into a layered and beautiful material. When heated and polished, this man made "motor agate" reveals the colors of the cars that once passed through these factories. This specimen is a piece of Motor Agate called Corvettite, as it was