20947 - Taza (NWA 859) Iron Ungrouped Plessitic Octahedrite Meteorite 1.9g

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)

Comments: Plessitic octahedrite, Co = 13.1 mg/g, Ni = 159.3 mg/g, Cu = 296 ug/g, Ga = 87.0 ug/g, Ge = 2200 ug/g, As = 54 pg/g, W = 6.8 ug/g, Ir = 2.45 pg/g, Pt = 37.7 ug/g, Au = 6.52 ug/g.

Institutions and collections UCLA:

Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)

Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Taza NWA 859