Meteoric iron

Made:: before 1889

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Meteoric iron, run into moulds and hammered
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Meteoric iron, run into moulds and hammered, made from the rusted portion after reduction by cementation in charcoal, conducted by R. Smith, on portions of the largest meteorite in the British Museum and on the rust derived from it

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Category:: Metallurgy

Object Number:: 1889-164/2722

type:: specimen

credit:: John Percy Collection

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