I too could not locate the iron meteorite Tata.
However, I did find Taza, an iron meteorite found in
Morocco in 2000, which was labeled as an ataxite in
the FernBank Meteorite Collection, and listed for sale
at Planetbrey Meteorites as ungrouped. I also found
it listed for sale on Rob Elliott's Fernlea Meteorites
web site. Strange sounding meteorite.
Thank you very much to all of you members who answered my question about Tata.
But frankly I am surprised. I thought I would get responses along the line: "Yes, we know Tata, it is.....this....., and that.......etc.. (and how did you manage to miss it????)" but I didn't.
So let me tell you what I know about it.
First it is not TAZA, I have slices of Tata, and I have only seen small pieces of Taza.
A mineral dealer I know has asked me to sell it for him because he handles minerals not meteorites. He also gave me a copy of the report he got from the moroccan mineral dealer. And that report does state: "one fragment, weight 118kg, found near the border Morocco-Algeria in 2001" and goes on with an analysis.
So why am I asking about Tata? because this analysis was done by a lab specialized in analysis of MAN-MADE metals not meteorites. And I am not being racist, this lab is French!!!!
So I was hoping that some of you knew more about Tata.
Now if you would like to look at it, I put together a quick page with a couple pictures. Here is the URL:
http://www.impactika.com/meteorites/tata.html
And, please, do let me know what you think of it.
Again thank you for all your answers.
Anne Black
IMCA #2356
www.IMPACTIKA.com
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
