This is a new discovery southwest of the Gibeon Strewnfield. The shape of the specimin was very unusual. When we polished and etched a small wimdow into the meteorite, the very different Widmanstatten pattern was proof we had found a new one. This is a graphite, troilite and silicate rich. From Robert Haag's private collection. | meteor-001-20.jpg
This is a new discovery southwest of the Gibeon Strewnfield. The shape of the specimin was very unusual. When we polished and etched a small wimdow into the meteorite, the very different Widmanstatten pattern was proof we had found a new one. This is a graphite, troilite and silicate rich. From Robert Haag's private collection.
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