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    Meteoric iron, sometimes meteoritic iron, is a native metal and early-universe protoplanetary-disk remnant found in meteorites and made from the elements...
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  • Tutankhamun's meteoric iron dagger, also known as Tutankhamun's iron dagger and King Tut's dagger, is an iron-bladed dagger from the tomb of the ancient...
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    an iron–nickel alloy known as meteoric iron that usually consists of two mineral phases: kamacite and taenite. Most iron meteorites originate from cores...
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  • not develop an iron economy before 1500. Although meteoric iron has been used for millennia in many regions, the beginning of the Iron Age is defined...
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    33 tons. Another example of a late use of meteoric iron is an adze from around 1000 AD found in Sweden. Native iron in the metallic state occurs rarely as...
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    naturally on Earth's surface as telluric iron or meteoric iron. The affinity of nickel atoms (atomic number 28) for iron (atomic number 26) results in natural...
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    that: Meteoric iron or "sky-iron" (Tib. gnam lcags) is the supreme substance for forging the physical representation of the vajra or other iron weapons...
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    Stony-iron meteorites or siderolites are meteorites that consist of nearly equal parts of meteoric iron and silicates. This distinguishes them from the...
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    Alloy (section Meteoric iron)
    often used as anvils. Meteoric iron was very rare and valuable, and difficult for ancient people to work. Iron is usually found as iron ore on Earth, except...
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    meteoric iron in 3500 BC or earlier were found in Gerzeh, Egypt by G. A. Wainwright. The beads contain 7.5% nickel, which is a signature of meteoric origin...
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