Iron from single meteorite found in ancient Polish artefacts
Discoveries indicate meteoritic iron was falling out of fashion in the late iron age
Three iron age bracelets and a pin contain metal from a single meteorite that fell over southern Poland more than 2500 years ago, a new study reveals.
The discoveries also indicate that the value of meteoritic iron — once considered a heavenly ‘sky metal’ — had fallen sharply by this time, as iron could be smelted from common ores.