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Sikhote Alin   contributed by Richard Montgomery   MetBul Link

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161.9 grams with 13mm x 9mm "crater."   Iron, IIAB

Richard writes:
A recent discussion on the List regarding origins of such craters on irons sparked me to send this picture in. It begs the question, "How were these formed?" My most likely conclusion is simply that other pieces banged into each other upon explosion, but wouldn't this have resulted in scrapes rather than a "crater" ?


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David R Childs
 6/16/2012 6:31:55 AM		 The dynamics involved in the explosion would have caused any number of shapes in the shrapnel.
Mendy Ouzillou
 6/16/2012 6:05:55 AM		 Richard, great specimen - I mean really great. Would love to see a post somewhere of craters on other specimens.
steve dunklee
 6/16/2012 12:53:22 AM		 Looks similar to the crater formed by a bullet hitting a steel plate.
 

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