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Tambo Quemado   contributed by Anne Black, IMCA 2356   MetBul Link


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81.3 gram end cut.   Iron, IIIAB

TKW 141 kg. Fall not observed. Found 1950, Ayacucho, Peru.


     


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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
 


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 12/30/2019 1:50:32 PM		 The internal structure that makes Tambo Quemado so unusual is the result of warming - probably the result of an attempt by natives to melt the meteorite for its iron.
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 12/30/2019 1:46:15 PM		 Thanks anne . NICE
Don Cracraft
 12/30/2019 11:16:02 AM		 Thanks for sharing Anne. Nice pictures. Don Cracraft 2650
Bernd Pauli
 12/30/2019 9:38:06 AM		 Tambo Quemado is full of surprises: troilite, schreibersite, silicate-related inclusions, etc. What's that large, dark area?
John Divelbiss
 12/30/2019 9:30:34 AM		 Anne...nice specimen of an outstanding iron. I'm generally not a collector of irons, but this is one meteorite I targeted years ago and now I do have a nice slice of T.Q.
 

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