Category Touch/Sight
Subcategory - Stamps with Rock Dust / Odd shaped Stamp
Austria 2006 – Mail from a Different World – Stamp with Meteorite Dust particles
Issue date 24 March 2006
Austria Post issued a special stamp with an out of the world rock; this stamp contained 0.03 grams of meteorite dust. The dust came from a 19 kilogram stony meteorite found in Morocco in 2004. The meteorite is composed of Olivine, a mineral chemically defined as magnesium iron silicate. The gemstone known as Peridot is an example of gem-quality Olivine.
The meteorite was crushed into a very fine dust, which was then hand-affixed to the circular stamp using a special adhesive. The stamp issue, called Mail from a Different World, sold for 3.75 EU. 600,000 copies were printed.
Part of the meteor's tail extends onto the border area of this sheet. According to Austria Post, the unused portion of the meteorite is on display at the Vienna NaturalHistory Museum, which houses one of the world's largest collections of meteorites
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