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Photo by Andreas Koppelt.   Copyright (c) Andreas Koppelt.
12.53 gram glossy Tissint with flowlines and a window.   Martian (shergottite)

TKW 7 kg. Observed fall July 18, 2011, near Tata, Morocco.
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Shams
 12/3/2013 12:25:11 PM		 The internal Structure is very educative for a lot of desert Martian meteorites without fusion crust. In photo # 2, the fusion crust looks thinner than usual. Possibly the fusion crust of this martian would be lost if the meteorite stayed on the desert floor for hundreds of years. Very nice piece of a planetary meteorite. Keep sending those wonderful photos.
Bernd Pauli
 12/3/2013 5:00:44 AM		 Stellar, oops, sorry, planetary piece! ;-) 12.53 gr automatically triggers the wow-factor! Thanks for sharing!
Graham
 12/3/2013 4:33:28 AM		 Nice cookie ;-)
Benjamin P. Sun
 12/3/2013 1:45:03 AM		 Nice specimen. A planetary fall like Tissint is a once-in-a-lifetime event.
 

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