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Meteoric Iron


Meteoric Iron : (Fe,Ni)

Photo Copyright © 2008 Michael C. Roarke  - Creative Commons Non-Commercial No Derivatives Licence - Some Rights Reserved
Locality: Tindouf Province, Algeria
30 x 20 mm specimen from Northwest Africa chondrite meteorite 869. Left image is the outer fusion crust of the fragment, right is section through it to show structure, with flecks of nickel-iron within stony matrix. RFC MT8.

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