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Iron, IIIAB
TKW 97.6 grams. Fall not observed. Found 15 March 2022, Xinjiang, China.
  
Ziyao writes:
From the MetBul:
Discovered by Ashanjiang Mahemuti in the desert near Turpan city, Xinjiang Province, on March 15, 2022, and subsequently acquired by Ziyao Wang in March 2022.
Optical and SEM investigation of a cut surface shows elongate, mm-scale blebby Fe-Ni metal in a matrix of troilite, in approximately 70% and 30% proportions, respectively. No Widmanstatten pattern is present, although metal grains are elongate in three orientations similar to those in Widmanstatten pattern. Minor terrestrial alteration extends into the interior.
IIIAB iron. The sulfide-rich nature of the sample is consistent with the S-rich nature of IIIAB irons. As and Cu may be higher than expected due to a contribution from the sulfide-rich portion of the sample.
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
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John lutzon
10/13/2023 9:49:19 PM |
# 4/5 would be an extremely difficult, ancient, language to decipher. How is that pattern possible.... Gorgeous. Thank you
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Anne Black
10/13/2023 12:09:01 PM |
Yes, looks like Mundrabilla. An Uygur Mundrabilla! |
Graham Ensor
10/13/2023 5:57:45 AM |
"Honey I shrunk the Mundrabilla" ;-) ...wonderful specimen...would love an example in my collection. |
Andi Koppelt
10/13/2023 1:47:30 AM |
Whow, that*s a really nice pattern like the micro version of Mundrabrilla. |
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