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Photo by Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin.
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72 gram full slice. 98 x 74 x 3 mm. Iron, IAB-MG
TKW 12 kg. Fall not observed.
  
Matthias writes:
Full slice with archipelago appearance: dark siliceous islands of all sizes floating in a sea of shimmering metal.
Silicate inclusions, typical for the IAB group of iron meteorites, seem to have formed in the close-to-surface area of a chondritic asteroid as a result of a massive impact event that caused partial separation of silicate and metal.
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matthias
3/10/2022 6:29:02 AM |
Thank you, Oz. |
matthias
3/9/2022 6:55:12 AM |
You're right, John, now I realize it too. In a certain sense a continuation of MPOD's Ukraine series, so. |
John Divelbiss
3/9/2022 6:15:53 AM |
Beautiful meteorite...shaped a bit like a map of Ukraine. |
Oz Backman #3681
3/9/2022 1:49:50 AM |
Beautiful piece. Love your write up |
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