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40.58 grams.   Iron, IVA

TKW 26 metric tons. Fall not observed. Found 1836 in Great Namaqualand, Namibia. The fragments of the meteorite in the strewn field are dispersed over an elliptical area 275 km long and 100 km wide.




     
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MexicoDoug
 3/3/2019 8:01:59 AM
Thanks for the crystalline eye-candy!
Luca Fenocchio
 3/3/2019 6:37:41 AM
perhaps I exaggerated and exasperated too much the light in the picture, highlighting the shine of the slats
Luca Fenocchio
 3/3/2019 6:30:15 AM
reflection of the light on the lamellas nothing of that
Graham Ensor
 3/3/2019 4:58:58 AM
Nice etcg...as Bernd says..there are some unusual features in this etch that I'm not sure I've seen before?
Bernd Pauli
 3/3/2019 4:40:35 AM
Luca, what are those silvery streaks that cross the Gibeon slice from left to right or vice versa in photo no.3 ?
 

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