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Sawn and polished slab of a stony iron meteorite from Finmarken, Norway, showing shiny metallic iron interspersed with olive-green to dull brown, weathered olivine and pyroxene
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The Finmarken (Pallasite) meteorite was found in Finnmark, Norway, in September 1902. 

A total mass of 78.3 kg was recovered.

70°N, 24°E

It is speculated that the Marjalathi Pallasite that fell on lake Ladoga in Karelia, Russia on the 1st June 1902, may be related.  Calculations of its path indicate that it crossed Finnmark.


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