Camp Wood, IIIAB
I don’t have much to add to the Bulletin description of this iron. As of 2016, Camp Wood is the largest iron …
Canyon Diablo, IAB-MG
Meteor Crater is one of the most famous impact craters on Earth. Between 25,000 and 50,000 years ago, an 80 – 120 …
Deport, IAB-sLL
There’s not much online about this Texan find; the bulletin contains scant information, and I couldn’t find any papers describing the discovery. …
Gibeon, IVA
~45 kilograms, individual with hole. ‘The Man in the Moon.’ ~51 kilogram oriented Gibeon with spotty fusion crust and flow-lines. Photos taken …
Henbury, IIIAB
The meteorite craters at Henbury, Central Australia, by Arthur Richard Alderman, 1932. 27 grams, Ward’s Natural Science Establishment label. ~3 kilograms of …
Mesa La Caguama, IAB-MG
This “extremely heavy rock” was found by Francisco Arce Arce in 1971. It was discovered in Baja California along a burro trail …
Morasko, IAB-MG
There is far more to say about Morasko than I can include here. In brief, the fall occurred between 5,000 and 5,500 …
Mount Dooling, IC
The first mass of Mount Dooling was recovered in 1909; it weighed 31.3 kilograms. I wasn’t able to track down Simpson’s 1911 …
The irons of Ziz, IAB
Ziz, otherwise known as Northwest Africa 854, is a beautifully fresh iron meteorite from Algeria. It is chemically similar to Canyon Diablo, …
Tafrawet, IIIAB
I’ve been told that Tafrawet was a stunning 32 kilogram iron. The 3 kilogram end-cut pictured below certainly suggests as much. Thick …