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Shiny, scalloped iron meteorite on Mars

Last week Curiosity happened upon a fantastic thumbprinted iron meteorite:

(Colors stretched and saturated. Original image: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/00641/mcam/0641MR0027290200401874E01_DXXX.jpg)

iron meteorite on Martian surface

This might be a single chunk, partially buried. Beyond these exposures lies a similar, more exposed meteorite, undoubtedly from the same source.

(Original image: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/00641/mcam/0641ML0027290000302784E01_DXXX.jpg)