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492 grams. 180 x 75 x 5 mm.   Iron, IIIF

TKW 20.6 kg. Fall not observed. Found 1997, Antofagasta, Chile. Currently, only 9 meteorites have this classification.

 


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A complete oriented 20.6 kg iron mass was found deep in the Atacama Desert by soldiers surveying a mine field with metal detectors. This iron belongs to a very rare class (IIIF: fine to medium octahedrite) with only 9 known specimens.
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Kally Wombacher
 6/14/2018 3:12:16 AM		 Top quality. A real keeper.
John Divelbiss
 6/11/2018 10:35:40 AM		 superb iron...the crystal patterns look like stitching.
Bernd Pauli
 6/11/2018 6:29:38 AM		 Beautiful and rare IIIF iron. Excellent photography!
 

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