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The Use of Meteoritic Iron by Primitive Man

Nature volume 98, pages 350–352 (1917)Cite this article

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METEORITES, as they reach our planet, are of three different kinds, namely, siderites, composed chiefly of nickel-iron; aerolites, composed chiefly of stony matter; and siderolites, composed of a mixture of iron and stone. The first and third only are of interest to us in this inquiry.

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ZIMMER, G. The Use of Meteoritic Iron by Primitive Man . Nature 98, 350–352 (1917). https://doi.org/10.1038/098350b0

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