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  2. Tucson Ring meteorite - Wikipedia

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    The Tucson Ring meteorite is a brezinaite meteorite fragment, first described by Bunch and Fuchs. [2] It was reported as one of several masses of virgin iron found at the foot of the Sierra de la Madera and transported to the plaza of Tucson, Arizona circa 1850, where it was used as an anvil in a blacksmith's shop.

  3. Lonsdaleite - Wikipedia

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    According to the conventional interpretation of the results of examining the meagre samples collected from meteorites or manufactured in the lab, lonsdaleite has a hexagonal unit cell, related to the diamond unit cell in the same way that the hexagonal and cubic close packed crystal systems are related.

  4. How Much Is a Meteorite Worth? - AOL

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    The exact worth of a meteorite varies depending on the specific type of meteorite in question. An 82-pound iron meteorite originating from an asteroid recently sold for $44,100 — about $540 per ...

  5. Gibeon (meteorite) - Wikipedia

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    Between 1911 and 1913, 33 fragments of the meteorite were collected in the vicinity of Gibeon and brought to the capital Windhoek. They weighed between 195 and 506 kilograms (430 and 1,116 lb) and were first stored, then displayed at the Zoo Park as a single heap. In 1975 a public fountain displaying the meteorite fragments was planned.

  6. Muonionalusta - Wikipedia

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    The Muonionalusta meteorite (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmuo̯nionˌɑlustɑ], Swedish pronunciation: [mʉˈǒːnɪɔnalːɵsta]) [1] is a meteorite classified as fine octahedrite, type IVA (Of) which impacted in northern Scandinavia, west of the border between Sweden and Finland, about one million years BCE.

  7. List of meteorite minerals - Wikipedia

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    A meteorite mineral is a mineral found chiefly or exclusively within meteorites or meteorite-derived material. [citation needed] This is a list of those minerals, excluding minerals also commonly found in terrestrial rocks. As of 1997 there were approximately 295 mineral species which have been identified in meteorites. [1]

  8. Widmanstätten pattern - Wikipedia

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    The crystalline patterns become visible when the meteorites are cut, polished, and acid-etched, because taenite is more resistant to the acid. The fine Widmanstätten pattern (lamellae width 0.3mm) of a Gibeon meteorite. The dimension of kamacite lamellae ranges from coarsest to finest (upon their size) as the nickel content increases.

  9. Rings of Earth - Wikipedia

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    The ring was first formally proposed after 21 impact craters from the meteor event were found to be located along a straight band around the Earth's equator. [10] [11] Andrew G. Tomkins, [9] Erin L. Martin [9] and Peter A. Cawood, [9] working with Monash University, released a study in September 2024 that gave evidence on the existence of the ...

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