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492 grams. 180 x 75 x 5 mm.   Iron, IIIF

TKW 20.6 kg. Fall not observed. Found 1997, Antofagasta, Chile. Currently, only 9 meteorites have this classification.

 


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A complete oriented 20.6 kg iron mass was found deep in the Atacama Desert by soldiers surveying a mine field with metal detectors. This iron belongs to a very rare class (IIIF: fine to medium octahedrite) with only 9 known specimens.
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