Meteoritic Origin Prob.
99.9%
Octahedrite Group IAB/IIIAB
Ni / Co Ratio
16.25
Diagnostic Band: 12.0 – 22.0
Terrestrial Smelt Prob.
0.1%
Slag Stringers: Absent
Chronology Status
Pre-Collapse Horizon
1450–1400 BCE (Disappears post-1200)
Geochemical Ratio Plot (Ni wt% vs Ni/Co)
Scatter Space
● Current Assayed Ring
■ Meteorite Field
▲ Terrestrial Smelt Field
Etched Microstructure (Nital 2%)
Widmanstätten Kamacite Banding: Preserved
Neumann Lines: Visible
Meteoritic Iron Classification: Confirmed Octahedrite
Pre-Collapse Prestige Horizon
The geochemical assay reveals elevated nickel (7.80%) and cobalt (0.48%) yielding a diagnostic Ni/Co ratio of 16.25, falling decisively into the octahedrite meteorite domain (Groups IAB/IIIAB). Metallographic simulation indicates preservation of kamacite/taenite Widmanstätten lamellae with cold-hammering slip lines, confirming the ring was formed via non-thermal artisan forging before terrestrial smelting emerged in the Aegean.
Aegean Meteoritic Rings Stratigraphic Horizon (1600 – 1100 BCE)
Fades ~1200 BCE (Late Helladic IIIB/C Collapse)
Shaft Graves
1600 BCE (LH I)
Kakovatos
1450 BCE (LH IIA)
Dendra Tholos
1400 BCE (LH IIIA1)
Tiryns Citadel
1250 BCE (LH IIIB)
Smelting Shift
1150 BCE (LH IIIC)
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