Meteorite, X1749


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Description

Thin (0.9 cm) slice of a roughly trapezoidal cross-section of the meteorite. The cross-section is metallic iron, nickel-rich, cut with a polished surface and shows no Widmannstatten structures.


Subject

  • Geology
  • Meteorite


Details

Date
1842
Creator
Shepard, Charles Upham, 1804-1886
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
Babb's Mill, Greene County, Tennessee, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists