A 6 kg individual of the Muonionalusta iron meteorite, recovered in northern Sweden in 2026. The surface is rugged and strongly textured after prolonged exposure in the Arctic landscape, and the silhouette is irregular, cut by impact, ice and time.
Muonionalusta is classified as a fine octahedrite of the IVA chemical group. Its material formed during the earliest history of the Solar System, approximately 4.56 billion years ago.
Classification: iron meteorite, IVA chemical group, fine octahedrite
Mass: 6 kg
Find or fall: found, no observed fall
Location: Pajala, Norrbotten County, northern Sweden
This specimen recovered: 2026
Available for private acquisition.
A 6 kg individual of the Muonionalusta iron meteorite, recovered in northern Sweden in 2026. The surface is rugged and strongly textured after prolonged exposure in the Arctic landscape, and the silhouette is irregular, cut by impact, ice and time.
Muonionalusta is classified as a fine octahedrite of the IVA chemical group. Its material formed during the earliest history of the Solar System, approximately 4.56 billion years ago.
Classification: iron meteorite, IVA chemical group, fine octahedrite
Mass: 6 kg
Find or fall: found, no observed fall
Location: Pajala, Norrbotten County, northern Sweden
This specimen recovered: 2026
Available for private acquisition.
