Space Shuttle Columbia - Flown Nose Landing Gear Tire roman Each tooth is absolutely unique

Each tooth is absolutely unique and will vary in color and texture

an integral part of the four turbojet engines that allowed the Concorde to cruise above Mach 2

This specimen is a rough sapphire from Myanmar’s Mogok Metamorphic Belt

the Touch Mini Museum specimens are placed inside individual acrylic gem jars

Material for this specimen is very limited

Space Shuttle Columbia - Flown Nose Landing Gear Tire roman Each tooth is absolutely uniqueThis specimen comes from a mission flown, Space Shuttle nose landing gear tire which was removed from service after the Space Shuttle Columbia's 13th mission, STS 52. The specimen is encased in an acrylic specimen jar and housed in a 4" x 3" x 1" glass topped riker box. A small information card is also included. The material is layered (in this case 20 ply) and highly irregular. Our target size is approximately 1x1 cm, but there will be variation in