125G Mundrabilla meteorite levitating - Australia
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This 125 gram meteorite comes from Mundrabilla, Western Australia, a desert and sparsely populated region. A 100 gram meteorite. was discovered in 1911, and it was not until the 1960s that larger pieces (12.4 tons) were discovered. It is classified as an ataxites, mainly composed of kamacite, troilite and schreibersite, 3 alloys of iron and nickel which do not exist on earth because they have cooled very slowly in space by flying for several billion years: 10 to 100 degrees every 100 Million years! More surprising: in 2018 it was discovered that it naturally contained a superconductor (called 5 Kelvin): a very rare alloy which is extremely current-conducting while magnetic field is expelled from the material, and all this at -265 degrees celcius. Perhaps the promise of levitation that would not need any cooling?
The accumulated masses of the Mundrabilla meteorite exceed 22 tons, and its fall dates back several thousand years.
Objet de Curiosité sublimates this fragment by displaying it in horizontal levitation, exploiting the high iron content to defy the laws of gravity. This montage, inspired by the steampunk design, adds a retrofuturistic touch to this celestial object, mixing science and art with ingenuity.
The accumulated masses of the Mundrabilla meteorite exceed 22 tons, and its fall dates back several thousand years.
Objet de Curiosité sublimates this fragment by displaying it in horizontal levitation, exploiting the high iron content to defy the laws of gravity. This montage, inspired by the steampunk design, adds a retrofuturistic touch to this celestial object, mixing science and art with ingenuity.