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| Thanks for the test link. I suppose even stone meteorites have a little nickel? Sue
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Yes... Stone meteorites (chondrites) have nickel content. It's in the iron flecking and smaller bits of iron within the interior matrix. Two major types of stone meteorites are High and Low iron type classes with letter designations for "classifications". H for High Iron, and L for Low Iron. About 99.9% of all stone meteorites have iron, and that iron has a high percentage of nickel in it.
Iron meteorites of course are made entirely of iron, with a percentage of nickel content higher than any other known Earth rock. Another note, is that iron meteorites are made of a much more "pure" iron than iron ore found in mines throughout the world.
Eric
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