Rare, IAB-complex Ataxite Iron Meteorite NWA 4701 Main Mass


Low TKW Saharan Iron NWA 4701 specimen! This is the only known specimen of this meteorite. NWA 4701 is the Official name for this lovely IAB-complex Ataxite iron meteorite from the Saharan desert.

Writeup from Meteoritical Bulletin online:
Northwest Africa 4701 (NWA 4701)
(Northwest Africa)
Purchased: 2007
Classification: Iron meteorite (IAB complex) Physical characteristics: A weathered, but slow to rust sample (top and bottom faces each ~4x5 cm) with total area of about 35 cm2. Petrography: Ataxite; no octahedral pattern but a fine pattern is visible at high magnification. One 4 mm schreibersite observed. Geochemistry: Co (mg/g) 6.07, Ni (mg/g) 169.3, Ga (μg/g) 8.8, Ge (μg/g) <80, As (μg/g) 34.1, Ir (μg/g) 0.0190, Au (μg/g) 3.20. Submitter: J. T. Wasson, UCLA.



One can clearly see the top side of this meteorite was exposed to wind erosion, having a desert varnish, while the bottom half was buried in the desert soil. The following 1176 gram NWA 4701 Main Mass is available for University or Museum Trade or purchase or the advanced collector of rare Iron meteorites:


NWA 4701 Iron Meteorite

NWA 4701 Iron Meteorite

NWA 4701 Iron Meteorite

NWA 4701 Iron Meteorite

NWA 4701 Iron Meteorite

NWA 4701 Iron Meteorite

NWA 4701 Iron Meteorite

NWA 4701 Iron Meteorite

NWA 4701 Iron Meteorite

NWA 4701 Iron Meteorite

NWA 4701 Iron Meteorite

NWA 4701 Iron Meteorite


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