Darwin Glass from Tasmania Australia 5.76g Individual Impact Glass Mesosiderites Case and COA included

Case and COA included

They are composed almost exclusively of the nickel–iron alloy kamacite and are lower in nickel content than the octahedrites

The weight of this piece is 4 grams

Name: Tarkint 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name

Darwin Glass from Tasmania Australia 5.76g Individual Impact Glass Mesosiderites Case and COA includedDarwin glass is an impactite. Its a glass made up of a part of the earths crust that melted when an iron meteorite crashed into western Tasmania almost one million years ago. This impact generated a large amount of energy (enough to melt the crust, picture probably the equivalent of several atomic bombs), and created the Darwin Crater. Many craters around the world have glass which formed from the heat of the impact. But, the Mount Darwin Crater has