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Figure 38

From: Author Correction: A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea

Figure 38

SEM images of gas vesicles in melted material from the palace. (a), (b) Vesicles in melted pottery are lined with crystals of iron and iron oxide (elemental Fe, Fe2O3, and/or Fe3O4). (c)–(g) Vesicles in melted mudbrick and roofing clay often are lined with a variety of crystals including elemental Fe, iron oxide, Fe phosphide (Fe2P), manganese oxide (MnO), calcium phosphate (Ca3(PO4)2), and calcium silicate (CaSiO3). These crystals are consistent with vapor deposition at high temperatures.

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