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Gibeon   contributed by Gregor Hoeher   MetBul Link


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38.1 gram slice.   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.

Found at the arrow (green or red) on this map.

Gregor writes:
Gibeon part slice with a crystal boundary.


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Benjamin P. Sun
 5/13/2013 12:43:30 PM		 Geil!
Laurence Garvie
 5/13/2013 11:56:46 AM		 Great example of an original austenite grain boundary. This piece should be in a museum.
Bernd Pauli
 5/13/2013 4:44:10 AM		 ... and a beautiful twin with two different orientations of the Widmanst*tten pattern indicative of 2 original taenite grain boundaries (austenite grains)!
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 5/13/2013 4:30:42 AM		 gorgeous etch
 

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