Concorde Jet Rotor giftsastro resin bead

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Above: Two whole specimens

a bright light accompanied by a loud noise was witnessed on the El Tinajero farm near Valera

was a byproduct of the mammalian explosion of diversity in the Eocene

Concorde Jet Rotor giftsastro resin beadThis specimen is a fragment of a high pressure compressor vane taken from the jet engine of the Concorde. The original titanium vane was divided into long, thin slices using a high energy cutter, after which each slice was hand polished and cut into the "delta wing" shape you see here. This is the same process we used to produce the specimen in the Mini Museum itself, but this larger specimen measures approximately 1 cm in length. Please note that