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Santiago Papasquiero   contributed by Paul Swartz, IMCA 5204   MetBul Link


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21 gram part slice.   Iron, ungrouped

TKW 119.5 kg. Fall not observed. Found approximately 1958, 133 km southwest of the village of Santiago Papasquie­ro, Durango, Mexico.


 


Paul writes:
The meteorite is preserved in the collections of Arizona State University (Tempe, USA).

From Buchwald: "Ataxite. Equiaxial, recrystallized kamacite grains, 0.1 mm in diameter, with dispersed taenite particles."

Quite possibly the least interesting structure of any meteorite in my collection, but who could resist a meteorite named "I want potatoes"?


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Chauncey Walden
 7/9/2015 8:19:19 AM		 Yes, vertical bars. Saw marks?
Greg Lindh
 7/8/2015 11:03:27 PM		 Wendy is right. It does remind me of solar granulation. It's not boring.....I like it.
Tracy Latimer
 7/8/2015 9:42:11 PM		 Fascinating granulation. It's got to be an optical illusion, but I swear there are vertical bars at regular intervals.
Bob Verish
 7/8/2015 3:01:36 PM		 Thanks for sharing your images of this ataxite. Very educational. Good to know that a recrystallized iron meteorite could have this kind of structure.
Moni
 7/8/2015 1:52:40 PM		 This is an interesting looking meteorite!
Anne Black
 7/8/2015 11:43:35 AM		 David New's nickname for it was Santa Papa.
Wendy Swartz
 7/8/2015 8:18:02 AM		 It reminds me of solar granulation.
Bernd Pauli
 7/8/2015 3:24:31 AM		 Interesting, extraordinary structure that is not boring at all! Thanks for sharing!
gourgues Denis
 7/8/2015 3:13:33 AM		 beautiful slice !!!...
Graham Macleod
 7/8/2015 3:07:31 AM		 The name is excellent, And the pattern is pretty good as well. Cheers
Graham
 7/8/2015 2:34:07 AM		 Very nice unusual iron and name.
 

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