07451 - Taza (NWA 859) Iron Ungrouped Plessitic Octahedrite Meteorite 0.7g ORIENTED Pyritized ammonites Still to this day there

Still to this day there has been no study to analyze the possible causes of the abundant pathologies suffered by this species in the dentition during the Paleocene

Its orange colors come from the limonite (iron oxide) that is the product of the oxidation of the original pyrite that mineralized these fossils

It is a kind of Pine Cone that was not known until very recently

geological history

with remarks on African Caudata" Tannina Alloul et al

07451 - Taza (NWA 859) Iron Ungrouped Plessitic Octahedrite Meteorite 0.7g ORIENTED Pyritized ammonites Still to this day thereBasic information Name: Northwest Africa 859 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 859 Observed fall: No Year found: 2001 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: help 75. 3 kg Classification Recommended: Iron, ungrouped This is 1 of 124 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, ungrouped. Origin or pseudonym: Taza, Morocco Date: 2001 Mass (g): 75. 3 kg Pieces: several Class: Iron ung. Classifier: J. Wasson (UCLA)