Portales Valley
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Part of Hall of Meteorites.
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.
PORTALES VALLEY
Fell June 13, 1998
Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA
H6
AMNH 5001