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Iron Meteorite

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Locality: 
Muonionalusta Meteorite, Kitkiöjärvi, Pajala, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 2.4 × 0.37 cm
Weight: 
2.80gr
Description

A cut polished and etched Muonionalusta iron meteorite showing typical Widmanstatten patterns

Muonionalusta 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.

ype IVA (Of)
Structural classification Fine Octahedrite
Class Octahedrite
Group Iron
Composition Ni, Ga, Ge
Country Sweden
Region Norrbotten
Coordinates 67°48′N 23°6.8′ECoordinates:  67°48′N 23°6.8′E
Observed fall No
Found date 1906
Strewn field Yes

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