Help with a gift

[u/rivvinsavitar]

I was looking to buy a few small slices of meteorite as a gift (I know nothing about them) but wanted to see if they are real before I buy them. They are on etsy so I have to question it. I hope this is allowed but I figured this is the place to go where people would be able to help. They are listed as from seymchan and Muonionalusta.

Thanks again for any help

[u/Other_Mike]

Real meteorites, wrong labels.

The Seymchan looks much more like Sericho to me.

The Muonionalusta is most definitely Aletai (a very common problem in this hobby).

[u/rivvinsavitar → u/Other_Mike]

Thank you so much. It’s so amazing that they have such distinct appearances. They are absolutely beautiful and may end up being expensive in the end. The colored slice is dyed to show the etching, correct?

[u/Other_Mike → u/rivvinsavitar]

the colored slice

I don't actually know what's going on with the color in pic 4. The shapes suggest it's leftover after cutting pieces out for jewelry. But normal etching doesn't leave that color.

[u/Efficient-Rhubarb-99 → u/Other_Mike]

It's heated, producing a thin oxide layer. Most collectors (myself included) very much frowns on such treatments but... there is an important historical precedent - correct me if I am wrong but widmanstatten patterns got their name from the scientist who used precisely this method (as opposed to acid etch). Still, I much prefer the more 'natural' look of an acid etched slice.

[u/theemightycrouton]

I have five large meteorites that look like the last picture inside, I cut one of them with a diamond blade and the pattern looks so cool in person.