20993 - Taza (NWA 859) Iron Ungrouped Plessitic Octahedrite Meteorite 1.0g ORIENTED Heteromorph ammonites The largest of them

The largest of them

Weathering grade: W1

Beautiful cranial dermal plate of an indeterminate crocodile from the Upper Cretaceous

Type: Esox lewesiensis

The basin has a so great continuity in its stratigraphic record that both the Upper Cretaceous as well as the two first epochs of the Paleogene (Paleocene and Eocene) can be studied

20993 - Taza (NWA 859) Iron Ungrouped Plessitic Octahedrite Meteorite 1.0g ORIENTED Heteromorph ammonites The largest of themBasic 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)