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 a medium octahedrite, and is very fresh.   Fusion crust is patchy, but is well-preserved on the trailing face of the iron.

The nomadic finder did not know what he had found, and was using the iron as a mallet to hammer his tent stakes into the ground.  It bears a few original marks from impact (desert-varnished) and a few fresh marks from use as a tool.  Some white rock flour from impact is packed into one of the indentations left by schreibersite that ablated out.