Hello John and list,
I recently picked up a small piece of NWA 2677 from John Birdsell. An interesting iron meteorite of 100g. It has been provisionally classified as a �IIICD (aka: IAB subclass LM).�, noted from John�s website. I am not really an iron expert, but I guess that means fine octahedrite. The meteorite itself is somewhat confusing, as the nickel content doesn�t seen to line up well with any of the IIICD�s except the Ataxites I suppose, but this has a obvious bold octahedrite pattern.
I managed a pretty good photo of my slice on my collection page. (I now have studio lights and equipment...which also of course means, my camera is giving me problems now...:-(
http://www.meteoritearticles.com/colnwa2677.html
Also, John asked about possible pairs. Doing a little research on the iron I have found the following meteorite classified somewhat close and location of find possibly close. Could this be a possible pair?
Hassi-Jekna, IIICD, found El Golea, Algeria in 1890, TKW 1890, Bandwidth .47mm.
Clear Skies, Mark Bostick www.meteoritearticles.com www.kansasmeteoritesociety.com www.imca.cc
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