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Although the petrographic descriptions of IAB meteorites in the literature refer to the presence of graphite based on its study by optical and electron microscopy, from the materials science perspective, the generic term carbon is the correct one to designate CBF before determining their organization (organic matter, graphite, diamond, etc.).
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