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Rancho Gomelia

Rancho Gomelia is an iron (IIIAB) meteorite found near Durango, Mexico, in 1975.  Two pieces, weighing a total of 15.65 kilograms, were recovered. This specimen of Rancho Gomelia measures approximately 8" in length, and displays an excellent Widmanstatten pattern (named for Count Alois von Beckh Widmanstatten, director of the Austrian Imperial Porcelain Works, in 1808), […]

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Losttown

Losttown is an iron meteorite (IID) found in Georgia, in 1868. This specimen exhibits excellent Widmanstätten pattern (named for Count Alois von Beckh Widmanstätten, director of the Austrian Imperial Porcelain Works, in 1808), created by the interlocking crystal structure of two nickel-iron alloys.  Most iron meteorites are believed to originate in the cores of large […]

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