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Canyon Diablo Graphite Nodule   contributed by Paul Swartz, IMCA 5204   MetBul Link


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310 grams.   Iron, IAB-MG

TKW 30 metric tons. Observed fall: no. Impacted about 50,000 years ago. Found 1891 in Coconino County, Arizona, USA, between Flagstaff and Winslow.



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MexicoDoug
 9/5/2016 2:08:53 AM		 More soft tissue/gray matter than anyone ever expected in your primitive CT scan ;-) And ET now has something with which to write home! Thanks Paul
Anne Black
 9/5/2016 1:35:04 AM		 Nice rock Paul. And buying it was a very brainy idea!
John Divelbiss
 9/4/2016 6:07:43 PM		 I have a smaller slice from Mike. It is wonderful material !
Dan
 9/4/2016 5:07:20 PM		 I love it great find
Jansen Lyons
 9/4/2016 10:22:25 AM		 Brains! Lol
Paul Swartz
 9/4/2016 9:18:18 AM		 Graham - I bought this from Mike Miller at the 2011 Denver show. My brain went just like the picture when I saw it and a half hour later, when I came out of my trance, I discovered that I'd bought it. To this day Mike won't tell me how much I paid for it ;)
Graham Macleod
 9/4/2016 6:47:34 AM		 Hi Paul, This is an excellent Graphite nodule and one of the best I have ever seen! Love the comparison to a brain M8. Cheers
 

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