NWA 3208, IIIAB
This iron is a highly shocked IIIAB — so shocked that its Thomson structure is almost completely erased. But, while preparing the …
NWA 7787, Iron
This 203 gram iron meteorite is one of the freshest and most beautiful to come out of Northwest Africa. It is unclassified …
NWA 8154, Ungrouped Iron
This is an odd one, with 3-dimensional graphite sprays. The Meteoritical Bulletin writeup contains a plethora of information: Paired irons include NWA …
NWA 8156, IVA
This is a pretty one to escape the saw; it’s fairly fresh, oriented, and has a fine pattern. It has a well-defined …
NWA, Medium Octahedrite I
This 1,026 gram iron meteorite came from Said Haddany at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show in 2010. It appears to be …
NWA, Medium Octahedrite II
This iron appears to be a medium octahedrite, from the pattern visible through stress fractures in the fusion crust. It came from …
NWA, Coarse Octahedrite
This ~1 kilogram heat shield has some unusual features.
NWA, Hexahedrite
This is an oriented heat-shield with a few rhabdites visible on its surface (see last photo, center). So, it’s a IIAB, hexahedrite. …
NWA, Oriented Iron
This 267.5 gram heat-shield came from Aras Jonikas. When I first saw photos, it looked so smooth and round that I thought …
NWA, Unclassified ‘Bullet’
This is a beautiful unclassified iron from Northwest Africa. It is highly oriented, with a blunt, rounded nose, several overlapping lips, and …