Image: AllendeMeteorite
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Description: A 520g individual of the Allende meteorite shower. Allende is a carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) that fell on 1969 February 8 in Mexico. This specimen is approx. 8 centimeters wide. Note the patches of dull black fusion crust. Severals condrules and CAIs can be seen embedded in the gray matrix.
Author: H. Raab
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