Image: Esquel

Description: A slice of the Esquel meteorite. This type of meteorite is from the core-mantle boundary of an ancient planetoid that was smacked apart billions of years ago. The metal is iron/nickel core material and the crystals are peridot from the mantle area. At the interface, they mix together as you can see. This piece is from my collection.
Title: Esquel
Credit: originally posted to Flickr as Esquel
Author: Doug Bowman
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