Indian Butte, H5
From the Meteoritical Bulletin: We spent a few days in the area in the summer of 2013, but didn’t have access to …
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, …
Taza, Ungrouped Iron
Meteoritical Bulletin entry for Taza. Long story short, it’s an ungrouped iron with a germanium content an order of magnitude or so …
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 …
Tata, IIIAB
Tata, otherwise known as NWA 1430, consisted of a single 113 kilogram iron meteorite that was, honestly, pretty ugly. It had been …
Ivuna, CI1
Type-1 chondrites are fairly rare, partly because they are so fragile. Atmospheric entry often results in very high mass loss for these …
Izarzar, H5
After hearing reports of a fireball in Morocco in late October of 2012, I kept an eye out for stones, but saw …
Karoonda, CK4
Karoonda is the type specimen of the CK-meteorite class, meaning that it is the first CK chondrite to be known or recognized. …
NWA 3202, IIAB
This hexahedrite isn’t too unusual, but it is pretty. And it’s fairly fresh; it has a partial heat-altered zone, contrary to the …
NWA 3204, IAB-sHL-anomalous
NWA 3204 is a pretty plessitic octahedrite with a fun shape; we initially thought that it might be a man-made artifact. Its …