
They are a rare type of meteorite; as of June 2011 only 167 are known (of which 51 come from Antarctica) and only 7 of these are observed falls. On the other hand, some mesosiderites are among the largest meteorites known. At Vaca Muerta in the Atacama Desert in Chile, many fragments with a total mass of 3.8 tons were found in a large strewnfield....
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• (n.) See the Note under Meteorite.
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(from the article `stony iron meteorite`) ...probably formed, after melting and differentiation of their parent asteroids, at the interface between the nickel-iron metal core and the ...
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Mesosiderite that fell near Hainholz, Germany. This cut and polished face of the Hainholz meteorite, which is about 9 cm from left to right, reveals the complex mixture of metal and pyroxene typical of mesosiderites. Photo by D. Ball, ASU One of two main types of stony-iron meteorite, the other b...
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<chemical> See the entry for meteorite. ... (04 Mar 1998) ...
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Mes`o·sid'er·ite noun [
Meso- +
siderite .]
(Min.) See the Note under
Meteorite .
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