[meteorite-list] 1000 year-old 10kg Buddhist statue carved from 15, 000 year-old Chinga meteorite

From: Robin Whittle <rw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:05:09 +1000
Message-ID: <506408B5.3030101_at_firstpr.com.au>

"A 1,000 year-old ancient Buddhist statue which was first recovered by a
Nazi expedition in 1938 has been analysed by scientists and has been
found to be carved from a meteorite. The findings, published in
Meteoritics and Planetary Science, reveal the priceless statue to be a
rare ataxite class of meteorite."

http://phys.org/news/2012-09-buddhist-statue-nazi-meteorite-reveals.html

  - Robin
Received on Thu 27 Sep 2012 04:05:09 AM PDT