Iron Meteorite Shaped like Chicken SandwichOne of the more fun things about iron meteorites is they
Iron Meteorite Shaped like Chicken SandwichOne of the more fun things about iron meteorites is they can be carved using standard iron working techniques. We’ve previously featured articles on meteorites carved to look like the Buddha and like a human skull – see links at the bottom. This one, currently available for sale, is somewhat different.This iron meteorite has been carved to look like aChicken Sandwich. It was commissioned as merchandise by Kentucky Fried Chicken, a US based fast food chain.The pitting on the surface is almost certainly a remnant of travel through the atmosphere – in iron meteorites such pits develop as some portions of the rock become superheated by friction. If you zoom in on some of the photos you can see faint patterns of parallel lines that occasionally switch direction – this is a remnant of the Widmanstätten pattern formed when distinct minerals called kamacite and taenite form. Each of these minerals has a different iron-nickel content, so they grow as distinct crystal sets.The carved sandwich is being offered at a price of $20000 US. It is also marked as not for human consumption.-JBBImage credits: http://bit.ly/2usVT6UPrevious posts:https://tmblr.co/Zyv2Js1IQJvcKhttps://tmblr.co/Zyv2Js1dK8ooA -- source link
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