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Iron, IIAB
TKW 14.5 kg. Fall not observed. Found 1980, Squaw Creek Lake, Somervell County, Texas, USA.
  
jnmczurich writes:
The original "Benz Patent Motor Car" from from Carl Benz 1886 (later called Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft) marked the birth of the world’s first automobile. From 1888, the internal combustion engine was also used in aviation, first for airships and then for airplanes. Although the construction of aircraft engines only contributed a small amount to sales before the First World War, this business area seemed promising for Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft. This company success is also indicated by the Mercedes star (or trident) introduced as a company logo in 1909. The Mercedes trident still stands for "mobility on land, on water and in the air".
But there is now reliable (metallographic) evidence that the French car brand Renault began its first activities much longer ago, around 4.4 billion years ago. Well, at least as far as the company logo is concerned, the French were faster than the German car manufacturers...
During a recent metallographic preparation work on a Comanche Creek Reservoir sample (IIAB, granular hexahedrite, former name: Squaw Creek), the Renault company logo was surprisingly "excavated/uncovered" in its most original form, consisting of schreibersite (FeNi)3P. The unetched, as well the subsequent etching with alcoholic nitric acid of the metallographic sample clearly shows the original 4.4 billion years old Renault company logo. Compared to the today’s company logo, Renault has it only slightly revised to date. A practical example is the Renault logo on our old Renault Scenic family car, which has been running perfectly for over 12 years … which comes – in my opinion – close to about 4.4 billion years ;-)
Pic 1 and 2 – Comanche Creek Reservoir slice before and after cutting smaller many years ago.
Pic 3 – embedded (unetched) sample for metallographic preparation, cut off from the CCR slice. The red circle marks the place where the original Renault logo can be found.
Pic 4 and 5 – detail of embedded CCR sample with "excavated/uncovered“ Renault logo in its most original representation, consisting of schreibersite (FeNi)3P, 25 times and 100 times magnification, unetched condition
Pic 6 and 7– overview of CCR sample after etching with alcoholic nitric acid. The red circle marks the place where the original Renault logo can be found. Detail picture 25 times magnification, see also Pic 4.
Pic 8 and 9 – another detail of embedded CCR sample with schreibersite inclusions and visible granular structure and Neumann bands, 25 times magnification, unetched and etched condition
Pic 10 and 11 – our 12 year old Renault Scénic family car with me and the Renault company logo, which has only been slightly revised in the last 4.4 billion years.
PS: Our Renault Scénic is a great car, we love it and now I love it a bit more !
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
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Paul Gessler
9/19/2024 12:47:49 PM |
I remember reading some where that Canyon Diablo Irons were shipped by rail in the old days and melted down as scrap into Ford Meteors. |
Paul Swartz
9/19/2024 11:49:05 AM |
Anne - it used to be but not no mo' |
matthias
9/19/2024 3:00:58 AM |
Should you ever find a BMW logo in an iron meteorite, Juergen, please let me know. |
Anne Black
9/19/2024 2:06:06 AM |
Isn't that really the Squaw Creek meteorite? |
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