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==Name== The most common names for these figures are ''Widmanstätten pattern'' and ''Widmanstätten structure;'' however, there are some spelling variations: * ''Widmanstetter'' (proposed by [[Frederick C. Leonard]])<ref>O. Richard Norton, ''[http://meteoritemag.uark.edu/614.htm Personal Recollections of Frederick C. Leonard] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705144307/http://meteoritemag.uark.edu/614.htm |date=2008-07-05 }}, Meteorite Magazine – Part II''</ref> * ''Widmannstätten'' (used for example for the [[Widmannstätten (crater)|Widmannstätten lunar crater]]) * ''Widmanstatten'' (Anglicized) Due to the discover priority of [[G. Thomson]], several authors suggested to call these figures ''Thomson structure'' or ''Thomson-Widmanstätten structure''.<ref name=burke /><ref name=vai /><ref name=cambridge />
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