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2021 Fall Date Project

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Gibeon   contributed by Marco Frigerio, IMCA 8039   MetBul Link


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1618 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.

The pattern on this specimen reflects the internal octahedral structure. This MPOD of an etched slice of Gibeon has two distinct views of the structure - top left is looking perpendicular to the rectangular base and bottom right is looking perpendicular to one of the triangular sides of the octahedron.

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Marco writes:
Gibeon Iron Meteorite with Octahedral crystal


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Bernd Pauli
 8/11/2021 4:09:15 PM		 Yes, John, there is an 8 gram tumbled Gibeon octahedron in my collection.
Gregor Hoeher
 8/11/2021 3:45:08 PM		 Very nice to see the structure in this way.
John Divelbiss
 8/11/2021 2:16:57 PM		 cool Gibeon...back in the early 2000's it was possible to buy "Gibeon crystals". I still have one.
jimi shorten
 8/11/2021 9:22:33 AM		 That is a very interesting presentation. Thank you for sharing
 

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