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thousand small pieces have been found, in sizes from less than a gram
to an individual of ~70 kilos! This meteorite if quite fresh, and many
pieces are flight oriented and covered in flow line and the remains of
fresh blue-black fusion crust. Many thousands of new stony meteorites
are being recovered from the hot desert regions of the World, new iron
meteorite discoveries have proved to be very few and far between. One
possible explanation for this might be due to the higher density of
iron meteorites, causing the masses to remain hidden at greater depths
in the continually shifting desert sands, with only a relatively small
percentage of these irons being exposed by the action of the wind. Taza
is one of just a small handful of iron meteorites that have come out of
the deserts in recent years, and for that reason alone it's unusual - but,
Taza has also been classified as a particularly rare type of anomalous
plessitic iron meteorite that doesn't slot nicely into any current iron
group. When cut and etched, it shows and absolutely beautiful needle like
fine octahedrite pattern. Taza has been the familiar "dealers' name" for
this plessite octahedrite, which is now more formally known by it's
official title of NWA 859.
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