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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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Steve writes:
The area in this micrograph is about 0.3 x 0.4 mm. It is a tiny part of a 161 gram etched slice. What I wanted to show was the Widmanstatten pattern under a microscope using ambient reflected light. |
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
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Dr. Mike Reynolds
8/4/2017 2:48:04 AM |
Nice photography, Steve. Imaging meteorites can be tricky, au natural or with any magnification. |
John Hope
8/4/2017 12:54:27 AM |
Spectacular picture of etching thanks Steve. |
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