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Early iron came in two forms - meteoritic and smelted.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025

“With all these launches, the amount of material vaporizing during reentry could become roughly comparable to the amount of meteoritic material coming in. And it’s different stuff, a different mix of metals,” Murphy says.

From Scientific American • Oct. 26, 2023

This “BeLaU” fingerprint hasn’t been seen in records of known meteoritic spherules, Jacobsen says, although it does resemble some lunar samples.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 30, 2023

“The question remains whether they are meteoritic, geologic, or biologic,” said Amy Williams, a planetary scientist at the University of Florida and a member of the Curiosity and Perseverance scientific teams.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2023

Meteorites are not abundant and meteoritic samples not especially easy to get hold of.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson