MTR119 Gau-Guenie Meteorite Geodes color-coded bands

color-coded bands

The turquoise back is able to show through the top half of the opal layer

This is a polished specimen featuring colorful grey blue fading to purple

and translucent light blue-gray agate and a quartz center

hand polished

MTR119 Gau-Guenie Meteorite Geodes color-coded bandsGau Guenie Meteorites come from an observed fall on March 5, 1960 over Burkina Faso in northwest Africa, where the sound was heard over 60 miles away. Originally thought to be two falls, Gau and Guenie, they were determined to be from the same original meteor and their names combined in the late 90s. These typically have excellent fusion crust, one of the most distinguishing visible features between meteorites and terrestrial rocks. This piece has one