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Agpalilik
Agpalilik is a large iron meteorite belonging to the Cape York meteorite group, whose fragments were found around Cape York in northwestern Greenland. Vagn F. Buchwald discovered the approximately 20-tonne mass near Savissivik in 1963, and it was later transported to Copenhagen for study and display. Classified as a group IIIAB iron meteorite, it preserves the metallic iron-nickel structure associ...
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Gibeon
Gibeon is an iron meteorite discovered in Namibia, where fragments were dispersed across a large strewn field before their extraterrestrial origin was recognized. Classified as a IVA fine octahedrite, it displays intersecting bands of iron-nickel minerals known as a Widmanstatten pattern when a polished surface is etched. Gibeon material is used in scientific study and in collections, although the...
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