DRONINO IRON METEORITES FOR SALE

Dronino is a fairly unique iron meteorite with a very high nickel content and no Widmanstätten pattern when etched. It is classified as an ungrouped iron, meaning it is chemically dissimilar to all of the existing iron meteorite classifications. Less than 10 percent of iron meteorites are ungrouped.

The Dronino meteorite was first discovered in 2000 by a resident of Moscow while he was collecting mushrooms at the village of Dronino, southeast of the metropolitan area. In 2003, researchers and meteorite hunters collected over 600 fragments weighing about 3,000 kilograms over a 0.75 square kilometer strewn field. The fragments' distribution suggests a 30-meter crater that is no longer visible, likely buried by sediment and vegetatation.