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History of the “Widmanstätten” Structure

Nature volume 143, page 764 (1939)Cite this article

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MY attention was recently directed by Dr. R. T. Gunther to a paper by G. Thomson (= W. Thomson, F.R.S.)1, which appears to have been generally overlooked, describing the Krasnojarsk meteorite, a pallasite containing abundant nickel–iron with about 10 per cent of nickel.

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  1. [See also NATURE of April 22, p. 667].

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  1. Department of Mineralogy, British Museum (Natural History), London, S.W.7.

    MAX H. HEY

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HEY, M. History of the “Widmanstätten” Structure. Nature 143, 764 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143764a0

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