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Portales Valley

Part of Hall of Meteorites.

B.7.2.2. Portales Valley. The heat of impact hero

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The heat of impact

The parent body of Portales Valley was hit at least twice by other planetesimals. The first impact caused the metal present in the matrix to melt. A second impact caused the molten metal to flow through veins in the shattered rock, creating the pattern seen here.