Meteoric iron
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Meteoric iron, sometimes meteoritic iron, is a native metal and early-universe protoplanetary-disk remnant found in meteorites and made from the elements iron and nickel, mainly in the form of the min
Widmanstätten pattern on a 500g endcut from the Toluca iron meteorite
A lance made from a narwhal tusk with an iron head made from the Cape York meteorite.
Cape York meteorite
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The Cape York meteorite, also known as the Innaanganeq meteorite, is one of the largest known iron meteorites, classified as a medium octahedrite in chemical group IIIAB. In addition to many small fra
Meteoric iron
…made of meteoric iron whose composition suggested that it originated from the Kaali meteorite crater in Saaremaa, Estonia. The Inuit used parts of the Cape York meteorite to make knives, harpoon tips, and lance heads. Large quantities of meteoric iron were known and used long before European contact. Fragments from the…
The "Ahnighito" fragment in the American Museum of Natural History
Peary with the Ahnighito fragment
Hall in the American Museum of Natural History with the first three fragments of the Cape York meteorite