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Veramin
Veramin is a mesosiderite meteorite, a class of stony-iron meteorite composed of a brecciated mixture of silicate minerals and metallic iron-nickel. It was recovered near the city of Veramin in Iran and is one of the more substantial mesosiderite specimens known to science. The metal portions exhibit a well-developed Widmanstätten pattern when etched, while the silicate component includes pyroxene...
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Esquel
Esquel is a main-group pallasite meteorite found in Chubut Province, Argentina. The recovered mass weighed approximately 755 kilograms and consists of translucent olivine crystals embedded in an iron-nickel matrix. Its unusually large, clear crystals make polished slices visually distinctive, while its mixture of silicate and metal provides researchers with material relevant to the differentiation...
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