Abstract
WE have made a metallographic examination of a 250-g slice of the Jamestown iron meteorite. The meteorite was first reported by Huntington1 as a mass of 4 kg, with a dished, flake-like shape of maximum dimensions 26 × 13 × 3.7 cm, and with two entirely different external surfaces—a smooth convex side, and a slaggy, vesicular, concave side, pitted by circular cavities up to 2 cm in diameter. Buchwald2 has reported on the general metallography of the Jamestown Iron but does not record which of the many sections of this meteorite his description is based on.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Huntington, O. W., Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci., 25, 229 (1890).
Buchwald, V. F., Handbook of Iron Meteorites, 690–691 (Univ. California Press, 1976).
Jain, A. V., and Lipschutz, M. E., Geochim. cosmochim. Acta, 34, 883 (1970).
Axon, H. J., and Steele-Perkins, E. M., Nature, 256, 635 (1975).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
AXON, H., BEVAN, A. Pre-terrestrial shear faulting and heat treatment of the Jamestown iron meteorite. Nature 263, 302–303 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/263302a0
Received:
Accepted:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/263302a0
This article is cited by
-
The significance of unique or rare meteorites
Nature (1981)
Comments
By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.
