"Meteor-wrongs": Page 3.
MAN-MADE IRON: People
have made numerous objects from iron and steel. Fragments of these
objects frequently turn up as purported meteorites. Below are four
examples of man-made iron. The picture at the upper right shows metal
that has a shape similar to the aerodynamic shape seen in some meteorites.
No meteorites have the perfectly spherical shape shown by the iron ball
on the lower left. All of these samples are magnetic, but they do
not contain the appropriate nickel contents or textures shown by iron meteorites.
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