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Vaca Muerta
Mesosiderite
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Discovered in 1861 in the
Atacama Desert, Chile. Classified as a mesosiderite, Vaca Muerta is a
differentiated silicate and metal rich
meteorite containing many silicate and eucrite inclusions. For this meteorite to show such a
varied and disrupted character, the Vaca Muerta parent body must have been
impacted countless times by different types of material to break up, mix, and
fuse the various constituent pieces as displayed in the image
below.
Vaca Muerta is a very unusual
meteorite and one of the more common stony-irons, making it available to many
collections.
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