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Actually there are iron weapons made from meteoric iron from before the iron age. Small scale for sure for obvious reasons. Not that relevant to the topic but i
by Boebo 7y ago
Actually there are iron weapons made from meteoric iron from before the iron age. Small scale for sure for obvious reasons. Not that relevant to the topic but it might interest you.
- adt2bt 7y agoNot OP but it interests me! Do you have a link by any chance?
- lixtra 7y agoI.e. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoric_iron#cite_note-Waldbaum_1980-8 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoric_iron#cite_note-Wald... There are several examples in the Wikipedia entry
- greglindahl 7y agoMeteoric steel isn't just iron, that's why it's interesting. And why it survives, compared to very early iron made before people learned how to turn it into steel.
- dredmorbius 7y agoNB: Meteoric ferrous metals are almost universally iron or iron-nickel, not steel (iron-carbon). I find few or no hits outside the gaming world for "meteoric steel". Are you referring to steel found indigenously within meteor fragments, steel forged from meteoric iron, or was this just a misspeaking?
- greglindahl 7y agoSorry, I was misremembering stories about things like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun%27s_meteoric_iron_dagger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun%27s_meteoric_iron_... -- the point being that as an iron alloy (iron-nickel not steel) it doesn't rust away quickly in graves like early human-smelted iron does.
- dredmorbius 7y agoAh, thanks. Yes, there are some instances of meteoric iron being used. I'd thought there were archeological finds of pallasite as well, though may have been confusing those with the Fukang meteorite. Gorgeous material, though.