Gibeon Meteorite - Stardust from Namibia's Sky
Size: 31mm x 12mm x 18mm Approximately
Weight: 14.0 grams
Origin: Namibia, Africa
Classification: IVA Fine Octahedrite
Provenance: Ex Karl Sprich Collection - Pre-2012 Legal Export
The Gibeon Meteorite carries a story that spans nearly the entire history of our solar system. Born in the molten core of an ancient asteroid, this fragment drifted through the void for billions of years before gravity finally pulled it to Earth, where it crashed into Namibia's endless desert landscape in a fiery blaze that indigenous peoples witnessed in ages long forgotten.
The Nama people called them "stones from the heavens," using them to forge tools and weapons centuries before Western science understood their cosmic origin. When European explorers documented the discovery in 1836, they unveiled one of Earth's most extensive meteorite fields—a treasure trove that would captivate scientists and collectors for nearly two centuries.
Today, each Gibeon meteorite is a forbidden fruit of the collecting world. Namibia's protection laws mean this 9-gram piece belongs to a generation of specimens that can never be replaced. Its hallmark Widmanstätten patterns—crystalline etchings that formed as the meteorite cooled over millions of years in space—tell a story of patient transformation in the cosmic deep.
More than metal, more than mineral, this Gibeon meteorite is poetry written in iron and nickel—a 4-billion-year-old love letter from the stars, sealed forever by law and time!
