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- RASC MWr2.196100XX;
- Partially melted crystalline silica;
- Unknown. Paper label (on collection bag): “Bought from U. of Alberta for/$28. in 1961. Identified Dec. 18th/ 1974 by J.A. Mandarino, Curator/ Dept. of Mineralogy R.O.M.” Note that Mandarino’s identification is not directly reported, nor does it survive in written form elsewhere in the RASC Archives. The implication is that Mandarino identified the specimen as a “meteorite,” but that may reflect the interpretation of his words by the writer of the label;
- 6.5 x 5.3 x 2.87 cm;
- 83.2 g;
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