but brilliant

can exhibit a bright red or magenta color under shortwave (SW) UV light

and sometimes even green or blue

Origin: Sefrou Ata

This is a must have 130 gram Impact Breccia also referred to as Suevite coming from the famous Rochechouart impact structure in South Western France

Thuathe Meteorite | 2.658 gr | Fresh Complete Slice | H4-5 Chondrite | Observed Fall | Lesotho Orthoceras but brilliantThis is a great looking complete slice of the Thuathe H4 5 classified meteorite. It weighs 2. 658 grams and measures 24x16x2 mm. A meteorite travelling east to west exploded over Lesotho producing an elliptical strewn field extending 7. 4 by 1. 9 km (bearing: ~276) on the westernmost lobe of the Thuathe (or Berea) Plateau, ~12 km east of the capital city of Maseru. The explosion was accompanied by an extraordinarily loud, 15 s long noise which was