Image: Tishomingo Iron Ataxite — 5x Macro Zoom -3 (50870080721)
Description: Tishomingo is a singularly exotic meteorite, chemically and visually, a unique iron with the highest nickel content of any meteorite (33%), and strange crystalline patterns. Subject to substantial scientific study, the research concludes that it is super-cold-forged steel, down to -200°C and required relatively rapid cooling and reheating events to generate its unusual metallurgy. A similar structure is unknown in any other meteorite.
Title: Tishomingo Iron Ataxite — 5x Macro Zoom -3 (50870080721)
Credit: Tishomingo Iron Ataxite — 5x Macro Zoom #3
Author: Steve Jurvetson from Los Altos, USA
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