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166.3 grams. 99 x 91 x 3 mm. Iron, IIIAB TKW 142 kg. Fall not observed. Found in 1973 Chubut Province, Argentina. jnmczurich writes:El Sampal is a beautiful iron meteorite, displaying a medium Widmanstätten structure of straight, but short (L/W ~12) kamazite lamellae with a width of 0.95 mm. The close-up pictures are 5.5 x 8 mm. One picture shows the atmospheric flight heat affected rim, called alpha-2 rim. El Sampal is a pretty stable and fresh iron meteorite. Like it very much…
El Sampal is a beautiful iron meteorite, displaying a medium Widmanstätten structure of straight, but short (L/W ~12) kamazite lamellae with a width of 0.95 mm. The close-up pictures are 5.5 x 8 mm. One picture shows the atmospheric flight heat affected rim, called alpha-2 rim. El Sampal is a pretty stable and fresh iron meteorite. Like it very much…
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