Swedish Meteorite Bead PendantThe Muonionalusta is a nickel iron meteorite first discovered in Sweden in 1906. Nearly 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle near the small village of Kitkijrvi two children stumbled over a rusty metal object lodged in the ground. After several years of study it was concluded to be an iron meteorite. It is thought to have fallen approximately 800,000 years ago, making it the largest meteorite to have fallen during our present geological period, "the