Aegean Meteoritic Iron Ring Provenance & Metallography Lab

Aegean Tomb Findspots 6 Sites

Cataloged Specimens

Optical Metallography (Nital Etch) Widmanstätten Intact

Mag: 150× | Kamacite α / Taenite γ

2% Nital Etch Exposure: 45s

Forging Temp (°C): 180°C

EPMA / XRF Compositional Assay (Ni vs. Co wt%)

Diagnostic Provenance Dossier Iron Octahedrite

Artifact Identity

Chamber Tomb 518 Ring

Findspot Context

Mycenae (Acropolis)

Chronology / Horizon

LH IIIA1 (1400–1350 BCE)

Elite Burial Associated

Gold Bezel, Sealstones

Nickel (Ni wt%)

9.20%

Cobalt (Co wt%)

0.68%

Metallurgical Diagnosis: Celestial meteoritic iron cold-worked into prestige jewelry. Low thermal history (<650°C) preserved pristine octahedral kamacite/taenite lamellae.

Late Bronze Age Aegean Chronology

LH I

LH II

LH IIIA

LH IIIB

LH IIIC

1600 BCE (Shaft Graves) 1200 BCE (Collapse) 1050 BCE

Historical Epoch Scrub: 1375 BCE