Photo of Aletai meteorite

General

Aletai

A fresh surface piece of the iron meteorite, Aletai, from Xinjiang in China. Like most meteorite material, it's about 4.54 billion years old, though it doesn't look a day over 80. It was first found in 1898. 

Technically, it's classified as a IIIE-an . So now you know.

3-4cm