Irons

Part of Hall of Meteorites.

A.3.1. Irons. The core of the matter hero

The core of the matter

Almost every iron meteorite comes from the iron center, or core, of an asteroid. The iron core formed when the asteroid melted. During melting, the liquid iron separated, sank to the asteroid's center and hardened. 

A.3.1.1. Meteorites in the desert
R. Pelisson/SaharaMet

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Exhibit Gibeon (AMNH 285) Gibeon was once part of an asteroid's iron core, before the asteroid broke apart in a collision with another asteroid.