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10154001
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Miscellaneous
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Meteorite
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73 x 62 x 44
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446g Element Percent Fe 86.5% Mn 4.10% Ti 4.03% Ca 2.58% Po 0.81% An ataxite is any iron meteorite containing more than 16 percent nickel. Ataxites are a rare meteorite class, where of the 49 iron meteorites whose falls have been observed, none is an ataxite. However, the 60-ton Hoba meteorite, the largest on Earth and found buried on a farm in Namibia in 1920, is an ataxite.

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Meteorite