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Olive-Gold Granular Surface

Microscope photograph: An olive-gold, granular surface suggests glauconitic or iron-stained sand.

An olive-gold, granular surface suggests glauconitic or iron-stained sand.

Meteorite check: Unlikely, because the features look sedimentary or terrestrial. Brassy glints are more likely pyrite or iron oxide than iron-nickel metal, which is silvery.

Not identified as carbonado. Specimens are under study and not lab-confirmed.

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