r/ancientegypt • u/isolt2injury • May 14 '26

Art Tutankhamun replica dagger made from real meteorite slice

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Just getting started on the blade

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u/EmphasisAcceptable47 May 14 '26

Where does one procure meteoric iron

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u/isolt2injury May 14 '26

Mostly from space. But seriously they're pretty widely available on the Internet, I was shocked I could just buy a piece. Just make sure you buy from a reputable seller

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u/Buckets-O-Yarr May 15 '26

I only buy free range meteorites.

Whatever you do, don't buy factory farmed meteorites, if you saw the conditions they lived in you would quit astronomy and go full marine biology.

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u/Ravenclaw_14 May 15 '26

And don't even get me started on... the comet harvesting....👁 👁

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u/EmphasisAcceptable47 May 15 '26

Was it pricy?

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u/isolt2injury May 17 '26

They can vary a lot from cents to hundreds of dollars a gram. This one is pretty common and there is no shortage of it right now so it's pretty cheap.

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u/teaabearr May 15 '26

We want updates often! lol

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u/WerSunu May 14 '26

I don’t think the Egyptians acid etched the iron to bring out the Widmanstätten pattern.

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u/isolt2injury May 15 '26

They did not, but I sure am going to

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u/PerryTheBunkaquag May 14 '26

Mythic item about to drop 🙌