CHINGA - COMMA-SHAPED METEORITE WITH WINDOW

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CHINGA - COMMA-SHAPED METEORITE WITH WINDOW Iron. IVB - anomalous; Ni-rich Tanna Tuva, Russia Chinga (pronounced Ching-ye) iron meteorites have an unusually high nickel content (16%), and as a result they do not reveal a crystalline structure. This meteorite was found either in or around the Chinga River, a tributary...

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