Meteorite Impacts Chergach 2017 Cook Islands 1/2oz Silver. Developing a successor of the highly innovative Tamdakht Meteorite coin of 2016 was no easy task. The resulting Chergach Meteorite coin is a stunning progression of the breakthrough technology with an enhanced concave deformity and cracks. The gilded finish is reminiscent of the Sahara Desert, where the chondrite meteorite was found ten years ago in July 2007 near Timbuktu. Naturally, a fragment of the actual meteorite rests in the crater depression. The concave face replicates a meteorite impact. Gilded and weathered, a hole, slightly unique for each coin, punches through. A Chergach meteorite fragment is embedded. Gilded and carrying the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. A hole appears to tear through the coin. Presented encapsulated and in a box with a certificate of authenticity. Weight: 15.5g (½ oz). Diameter: 38.61 mm. The item “CIT Meteorite Impacts Chergach 2017 Cook Islands 1/2oz Gilded Silver Coin” is in sale since Thursday, March 08, 2018. This item is in the category “Coins\Coins\World\Oceania/Australasia”. The seller is “minted-uk” and is located in Essex. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Year of Issue: 2017
• Country: Cook Islands
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Liechtenstein

Meteorite Impacts Chergach 2017 Cook Islands 1/2oz Silver. Developing a successor of the highly innovative Tamdakht Meteorite coin of 2016 was no easy task. The resulting Chergach Meteorite coin is a stunning progression of the breakthrough technology with an enhanced concave deformity and cracks. The gilded finish is reminiscent of the Sahara Desert, where the chondrite meteorite was found ten years ago in July 2007 near Timbuktu. Naturally, a fragment of the actual meteorite rests in the crater depression. The concave face replicates a meteorite impact. Gilded and weathered, a hole, slightly unique for each coin, punches through. A Chergach meteorite fragment is embedded. Gilded and carrying the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. A hole appears to tear through the coin. Presented encapsulated and in a box with a certificate of authenticity. Weight: 15.5g (½ oz). Diameter: 38.61 mm. The item “CIT Meteorite Impacts Chergach 2017 Cook Islands 1/2oz Gilded Silver Coin” is in sale since Thursday, February 08, 2018. This item is in the category “Coins\Coins\World\Oceania/Australasia”. The seller is “minted-uk” and is located in Essex. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Year of Issue: 2017
• Country: Cook Islands
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Liechtenstein

The spectacular Muonionalusta meteorite is predestined to be immortalised on the latest and very interesting coin edition 2011 of Cook Islands with an authentic piece of stone inlaid. It depicts a meteorite impact in vivid colours with particular design. This unique and extremely rare coin features an insert of a piece of Muonionalusta meteorite with its beautiful Widmanstätten patterns. The coins obverse depicts the Raphael Maklouf effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the monetary denomination. Meteorite MUONIONALUSTA Meteorite showers, which fall toward the earth, occur daily. However, only some make it to the surface of our planet. Most of them disintegrate in the atmosphere. The discoveries of these meteorites are special in every occasion. By coincidence two boys discovered this special meteorite from outer space in Muonionalusta, Sweden. The Muonionalusta meteorite is, a rather unstable, rust prone iron meteorite. It was originally discovered in 1906 near Kiruna, Sweden. This meteorite is classified as a fine (IVA) Octahedrite, and has beautiful etch patterns that resemble those of the Gibeon meteorite. On closer inspection the texture of the surface catches ones eye first. The very technical looking structure occurs by an extreme slow cooling down from 1 up to 100 degrees per million years – an unimaginable slow process. The Widmanstätten patterns, (called also Thomson structures) named after the Austrian natural scientist Alois Widmanstätten (1754 -1849), are only visible when handled with nitric acid. These unique structures cannot be reproduced artificially and are therefore a clear identifying feature for meteorite iron. The item “METEORITE MUONIONALUSTA Silver Coin 5$ Cook Islands 2011″ is in sale since Wednesday, March 01, 2017. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ World\Australia & Oceania\South Pacific”. The seller is “powercoin_italy” and is located in Roma. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
• Year: 2011
• Composition: Silver
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Cook Islands

The ever first coin with a real HAH 280 meteorite stone inlaid, made of Silver Antique finish, it depicts a meteorite impact in vivid colours. The meteorite Hammadah al Hamra 280 (HAH 280) was found in the year 2000 in Jabal al Gharb in the Hammadah al Hamra region in Libya. 280 stands for the number of catalogued meteorites found in this area. This unique and extremely rare coin features an insert of a piece of this meteorite. The coins obverse depicts the Raphael Maklouf effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the monetary denomination. Meteorite HAH 280 The meteorite Hammadah al Hamra 280 (HAH 280) was found in the year 2000 in Jabal al Gharb in the Hammadah al Hamra region in Libya. As a so-called carbonaceous chondrite the HAH 280 is classified in the very rare CK4 group. The scientific analysis confirms which are about 700 million years older than our 4,5 billion year old solar system, provide the evidence. The meteorite HAH 280 originates from the so-called asteroid-belt. Today it is generally assumed that this belt arose from a primordial solar nebula. Researches have shown that in CK4 meteorites up to 220 amino acids exist. These provide the basis for the proteins, the components of the cells. Therefore speculations present themselves that possibly exactly such meteorites like the HAH 280 could have brought the basis for life on earth. The item “METEORITE HAH 280 5$ Silver Coin Cook Islands 2010″ is in sale since Wednesday, June 07, 2017. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ World\Australia & Oceania\South Pacific”. The seller is “powercoin_italy” and is located in Roma. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
• Year: 2010
• Composition: Silver
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Cook Islands

The ever first coin with a real HAH 280 meteorite stone inlaid, made of Silver Antique finish, it depicts a meteorite impact in vivid colours. The meteorite Hammadah al Hamra 280 (HAH 280) was found in the year 2000 in Jabal al Gharb in the Hammadah al Hamra region in Libya. 280 stands for the number of catalogued meteorites found in this area. This unique and extremely rare coin features an insert of a piece of this meteorite. The coins obverse depicts the Raphael Maklouf effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the monetary denomination. Meteorite HAH 280 The meteorite Hammadah al Hamra 280 (HAH 280) was found in the year 2000 in Jabal al Gharb in the Hammadah al Hamra region in Libya. As a so-called carbonaceous chondrite the HAH 280 is classified in the very rare CK4 group. The scientific analysis confirms which are about 700 million years older than our 4,5 billion year old solar system, provide the evidence. The meteorite HAH 280 originates from the so-called asteroid-belt. Today it is generally assumed that this belt arose from a primordial solar nebula. Researches have shown that in CK4 meteorites up to 220 amino acids exist. These provide the basis for the proteins, the components of the cells. Therefore speculations present themselves that possibly exactly such meteorites like the HAH 280 could have brought the basis for life on earth. The item “METEORITE HAH 280 5$ Silver Coin Cook Islands 2010″ is in sale since Monday, February 27, 2017. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ World\Australia & Oceania\South Pacific”. The seller is “powercoin_italy” and is located in Roma. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
• Year: 2010
• Composition: Silver
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Cook Islands

The spectacular Muonionalusta meteorite is predestined to be immortalised on the latest and very interesting coin edition 2011 of Cook Islands with an authentic piece of stone inlaid. It depicts a meteorite impact in vivid colours with particular design. This unique and extremely rare coin features an insert of a piece of Muonionalusta meteorite with its beautiful Widmanstätten patterns. The coins obverse depicts the Raphael Maklouf effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the monetary denomination. Meteorite MUONIONALUSTA Meteorite showers, which fall toward the earth, occur daily. However, only some make it to the surface of our planet. Most of them disintegrate in the atmosphere. The discoveries of these meteorites are special in every occasion. By coincidence two boys discovered this special meteorite from outer space in Muonionalusta, Sweden. The Muonionalusta meteorite is, a rather unstable, rust prone iron meteorite. It was originally discovered in 1906 near Kiruna, Sweden. This meteorite is classified as a fine (IVA) Octahedrite, and has beautiful etch patterns that resemble those of the Gibeon meteorite. On closer inspection the texture of the surface catches ones eye first. The very technical looking structure occurs by an extreme slow cooling down from 1 up to 100 degrees per million years – an unimaginable slow process. The Widmanstätten patterns, (called also Thomson structures) named after the Austrian natural scientist Alois Widmanstätten (1754 -1849), are only visible when handled with nitric acid. These unique structures cannot be reproduced artificially and are therefore a clear identifying feature for meteorite iron. The item “METEORITE MUONIONALUSTA Silver Coin 5$ Cook Islands 2011″ is in sale since Wednesday, March 15, 2017. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ World\Australia & Oceania\South Pacific”. The seller is “powercoin_italy” and is located in Roma. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
• Year: 2011
• Composition: Silver
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Cook Islands

The ever first coin with a real HAH 280 meteorite stone inlaid, made of Silver Antique finish, it depicts a meteorite impact in vivid colours. The meteorite Hammadah al Hamra 280 (HAH 280) was found in the year 2000 in Jabal al Gharb in the Hammadah al Hamra region in Libya. 280 stands for the number of catalogued meteorites found in this area. This unique and extremely rare coin features an insert of a piece of this meteorite. The coins obverse depicts the Raphael Maklouf effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the monetary denomination. Meteorite HAH 280 The meteorite Hammadah al Hamra 280 (HAH 280) was found in the year 2000 in Jabal al Gharb in the Hammadah al Hamra region in Libya. As a so-called carbonaceous chondrite the HAH 280 is classified in the very rare CK4 group. The scientific analysis confirms which are about 700 million years older than our 4,5 billion year old solar system, provide the evidence. The meteorite HAH 280 originates from the so-called asteroid-belt. Today it is generally assumed that this belt arose from a primordial solar nebula. Researches have shown that in CK4 meteorites up to 220 amino acids exist. These provide the basis for the proteins, the components of the cells. Therefore speculations present themselves that possibly exactly such meteorites like the HAH 280 could have brought the basis for life on earth. The item “METEORITE HAH 280 5$ Silver Coin Cook Islands 2010″ is in sale since Monday, February 27, 2017. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ World\Australia & Oceania\South Pacific”. The seller is “powercoin_italy” and is located in Roma. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
• Year: 2010
• Composition: Silver
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Cook Islands

93.3 (3 oz). This amazing 3 Oz Silver coin depicts the famous crater Campo del Cielo created after impact about 5,000 years ago in Argentina. This coin simply has it all: ultra deep minting on the crater, color glass inlay, coloring, Antique Finish quality and a gorgeous meteorite insert. Extremely limited mintage to only 333 pieces worldwide! The reverse of this amazing Silver coin depicts the famous crater Campo del Cielo. The crater field covers an area of 3×18.5 kilometers and contains at least 26 craters, the largest being 115×91 meters. In the center of the coin a beautiful glass insert, with a spectacular blue coloration. The coin has an ultra-deep minting on the crater and on the bottom has a real meteorite insert. On the top of the coin, the inscription: Campo del Cielo the name of the coin. On the bottom of the reverse, the inscription: PINGUEN NONAXA CHACO AUSTRAL ARGENTINA the area where the meteorites were found. The coin’s obverse depicts the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 20 Dollars – the face value, Cook Islands – the issue country and 2016 – the issue date. Meteorite Campo del Cielo The first record of the Campo was in 1576. A Spanish governor learned of the iron from the Indians who reportedly believed that it had fallen from heaven. The governor sent an expedition under the command of one Captain de Miraval who brought back a few pieces of a huge iron mass he called Meson de Fierro (large table of iron). The location of the find was the Campo del Cielo (field of the sky or heaven), a fitting name for the location of a meteorite. Since the Indians believed that the irons fell from heaven the name may have come from the meteorites. The area is an open brush-covered plain that has little water and no other rocks–very good country in which to locate meteorites. The next record of Campo Del Cielo meteorites was about 200 years later in the late 1770s. The Spanish thought some pieces might be silver ore, but once they tried to process it, they found that it was only iron. A Spanish navy lieutenant excavated one specimen which he believed weighed 14 to 18 tons. This may have been the Meson de Fierro. He left he mass in place and it was not seen again–or was it? In the 1800s more smaller irons were found. A pair of flintlock pistols reportedly made of this material were given to President James Monroe. Later analyses showed that the iron was not meteoritic. Systematic exploration revealed many more large masses; however, the Meson de Fierro remained lost. In 1992, American meteorite dealer Robert Haag was arrested by Argentine authorities while transporting a 37 ton meteorite from the area. Unfortunately, the authorities disagreed. Haag was released and the huge meteorite remains in Argentina. Whether this is the famous Meson de Fierro remains for speculation. The larger Campo del Cielo meteorites are found in and around a series of small craters in the southwestern part of the strewn field. The largest crater is 78 by 65 meters. A smaller one is 56 meters in diameter and 5 meters deep. All together, searchers have found at least 12 craters. The main part of the crater-forming mass was found in each of these craters. This is in contrast to Canyon Diablo and Odessa where the main crater-forming mass is believed to have vaporized or shattered on impact. In this respect, the field is similar to Sikhote-Alin. Time of the Fall Scientists have attempted to date the Campo fall by carbon dating of charred wood found in the craters. Dates of 5800 years (plus or minus 200 years) and 3950 years (plus or minus 90 years) have been obtained. These dates are consistent with an Indian oral tradition that the irons fell from heaven. Many of the Campo meteorites are highly rusted and corroded by terrestrial chlorides, however some have significant areas of relatively fresh fusion crust. This too, is an indicator of a fall in the not-too-distant past. Structure of the Campo del Cielo The Campo del Cielo is described as a polycrystalline coarse octahedrite. At 3 mm the Widmanstatten bands are thicker than those at Canyon Diablo or Odessa, but still thin enough to have the same coarse octahedrite classification. The mass was composed of large austenite crystals from 5 to 50 cm in size. On break-up the fragments were cold worked like those at Sikhote-Alin and Gibeon. It has been hypothesized that the original body was tabular in shape and broke up on entry into the atmosphere. The item “METEORITE CAMPO DEL CIELO Chaco Crater 3 Oz Silver Coin 20$ Cook Islands 2016″ is in sale since Sunday, October 16, 2016. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ World\Australia & Oceania\South Pacific”. The seller is “powercoin_italy” and is located in Roma. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
• Year: 2016
• Composition: Silver
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Cook Islands

93.3 (3 oz). This amazing 3 Oz Silver coin depicts the famous crater Campo del Cielo created after impact about 5,000 years ago in Argentina. This coin simply has it all: ultra deep minting on the crater, color glass inlay, coloring, Antique Finish quality and a gorgeous meteorite insert. Extremely limited mintage to only 333 pieces worldwide! The reverse of this amazing Silver coin depicts the famous crater Campo del Cielo. The crater field covers an area of 3×18.5 kilometers and contains at least 26 craters, the largest being 115×91 meters. In the center of the coin a beautiful glass insert, with a spectacular blue coloration. The coin has an ultra-deep minting on the crater and on the bottom has a real meteorite insert. On the top of the coin, the inscription: Campo del Cielo the name of the coin. On the bottom of the reverse, the inscription: PINGUEN NONAXA CHACO AUSTRAL ARGENTINA the area where the meteorites were found. The coin’s obverse depicts the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 20 Dollars – the face value, Cook Islands – the issue country and 2016 – the issue date. Meteorite Campo del Cielo The first record of the Campo was in 1576. A Spanish governor learned of the iron from the Indians who reportedly believed that it had fallen from heaven. The governor sent an expedition under the command of one Captain de Miraval who brought back a few pieces of a huge iron mass he called Meson de Fierro (large table of iron). The location of the find was the Campo del Cielo (field of the sky or heaven), a fitting name for the location of a meteorite. Since the Indians believed that the irons fell from heaven the name may have come from the meteorites. The area is an open brush-covered plain that has little water and no other rocks–very good country in which to locate meteorites. The next record of Campo Del Cielo meteorites was about 200 years later in the late 1770s. The Spanish thought some pieces might be silver ore, but once they tried to process it, they found that it was only iron. A Spanish navy lieutenant excavated one specimen which he believed weighed 14 to 18 tons. This may have been the Meson de Fierro. He left he mass in place and it was not seen again–or was it? In the 1800s more smaller irons were found. A pair of flintlock pistols reportedly made of this material were given to President James Monroe. Later analyses showed that the iron was not meteoritic. Systematic exploration revealed many more large masses; however, the Meson de Fierro remained lost. In 1992, American meteorite dealer Robert Haag was arrested by Argentine authorities while transporting a 37 ton meteorite from the area. Unfortunately, the authorities disagreed. Haag was released and the huge meteorite remains in Argentina. Whether this is the famous Meson de Fierro remains for speculation. The larger Campo del Cielo meteorites are found in and around a series of small craters in the southwestern part of the strewn field. The largest crater is 78 by 65 meters. A smaller one is 56 meters in diameter and 5 meters deep. All together, searchers have found at least 12 craters. The main part of the crater-forming mass was found in each of these craters. This is in contrast to Canyon Diablo and Odessa where the main crater-forming mass is believed to have vaporized or shattered on impact. In this respect, the field is similar to Sikhote-Alin. Time of the Fall Scientists have attempted to date the Campo fall by carbon dating of charred wood found in the craters. Dates of 5800 years (plus or minus 200 years) and 3950 years (plus or minus 90 years) have been obtained. These dates are consistent with an Indian oral tradition that the irons fell from heaven. Many of the Campo meteorites are highly rusted and corroded by terrestrial chlorides, however some have significant areas of relatively fresh fusion crust. This too, is an indicator of a fall in the not-too-distant past. Structure of the Campo del Cielo The Campo del Cielo is described as a polycrystalline coarse octahedrite. At 3 mm the Widmanstatten bands are thicker than those at Canyon Diablo or Odessa, but still thin enough to have the same coarse octahedrite classification. The mass was composed of large austenite crystals from 5 to 50 cm in size. On break-up the fragments were cold worked like those at Sikhote-Alin and Gibeon. It has been hypothesized that the original body was tabular in shape and broke up on entry into the atmosphere. The item “METEORITE CAMPO DEL CIELO Chaco Crater 3 Oz Silver Coin 20$ Cook Islands 2016″ is in sale since Thursday, September 15, 2016. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ World\Australia & Oceania\South Pacific”. The seller is “powercoin_italy” and is located in Roma. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
• Year: 2016
• Composition: Silver
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Cook Islands

93.3 (3 oz). This amazing 3 Oz Silver coin depicts the famous crater Campo del Cielo created after impact about 5,000 years ago in Argentina. This coin simply has it all: ultra deep minting on the crater, color glass inlay, coloring, Antique Finish quality and a gorgeous meteorite insert. Extremely limited mintage to only 333 pieces worldwide! The reverse of this amazing Silver coin depicts the famous crater Campo del Cielo. The crater field covers an area of 3×18.5 kilometers and contains at least 26 craters, the largest being 115×91 meters. In the center of the coin a beautiful glass insert, with a spectacular blue coloration. The coin has an ultra-deep minting on the crater and on the bottom has a real meteorite insert. On the top of the coin, the inscription: Campo del Cielo the name of the coin. On the bottom of the reverse, the inscription: PINGUEN NONAXA CHACO AUSTRAL ARGENTINA the area where the meteorites were found. The coin’s obverse depicts the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 20 Dollars – the face value, Cook Islands – the issue country and 2016 – the issue date. Meteorite Campo del Cielo The first record of the Campo was in 1576. A Spanish governor learned of the iron from the Indians who reportedly believed that it had fallen from heaven. The governor sent an expedition under the command of one Captain de Miraval who brought back a few pieces of a huge iron mass he called Meson de Fierro (large table of iron). The location of the find was the Campo del Cielo (field of the sky or heaven), a fitting name for the location of a meteorite. Since the Indians believed that the irons fell from heaven the name may have come from the meteorites. The area is an open brush-covered plain that has little water and no other rocks–very good country in which to locate meteorites. The next record of Campo Del Cielo meteorites was about 200 years later in the late 1770s. The Spanish thought some pieces might be silver ore, but once they tried to process it, they found that it was only iron. A Spanish navy lieutenant excavated one specimen which he believed weighed 14 to 18 tons. This may have been the Meson de Fierro. He left he mass in place and it was not seen again–or was it? In the 1800s more smaller irons were found. A pair of flintlock pistols reportedly made of this material were given to President James Monroe. Later analyses showed that the iron was not meteoritic. Systematic exploration revealed many more large masses; however, the Meson de Fierro remained lost. In 1992, American meteorite dealer Robert Haag was arrested by Argentine authorities while transporting a 37 ton meteorite from the area. Unfortunately, the authorities disagreed. Haag was released and the huge meteorite remains in Argentina. Whether this is the famous Meson de Fierro remains for speculation. The larger Campo del Cielo meteorites are found in and around a series of small craters in the southwestern part of the strewn field. The largest crater is 78 by 65 meters. A smaller one is 56 meters in diameter and 5 meters deep. All together, searchers have found at least 12 craters. The main part of the crater-forming mass was found in each of these craters. This is in contrast to Canyon Diablo and Odessa where the main crater-forming mass is believed to have vaporized or shattered on impact. In this respect, the field is similar to Sikhote-Alin. Time of the Fall Scientists have attempted to date the Campo fall by carbon dating of charred wood found in the craters. Dates of 5800 years (plus or minus 200 years) and 3950 years (plus or minus 90 years) have been obtained. These dates are consistent with an Indian oral tradition that the irons fell from heaven. Many of the Campo meteorites are highly rusted and corroded by terrestrial chlorides, however some have significant areas of relatively fresh fusion crust. This too, is an indicator of a fall in the not-too-distant past. Structure of the Campo del Cielo The Campo del Cielo is described as a polycrystalline coarse octahedrite. At 3 mm the Widmanstatten bands are thicker than those at Canyon Diablo or Odessa, but still thin enough to have the same coarse octahedrite classification. The mass was composed of large austenite crystals from 5 to 50 cm in size. On break-up the fragments were cold worked like those at Sikhote-Alin and Gibeon. It has been hypothesized that the original body was tabular in shape and broke up on entry into the atmosphere. The item “METEORITE CAMPO DEL CIELO Chaco Crater 3 Oz Silver Coin 20$ Cook Islands 2016″ is in sale since Friday, March 18, 2016. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ World\Australia & Oceania\South Pacific”. The seller is “powercoin_italy” and is located in Roma. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
• Year: 2016
• Composition: Silver
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Cook Islands