Marcin inquired: > I am looking for any info about TAZA ...
Hello Marcin and List, There has been only scarce background info on Taza so far. The only details I have available come from Scott Brey's comments in Joel Schiff's "Meteorite" magazine: BREY S. (2001) Taza (Meteorite, Nov. 2001, Vol. 7, No. 4, p. 5): Below (= in the magazine) is a picture of an etched slice of the new Taza plessitic octahedrite (from Morocco) for all those who may not have seen this type etch pattern before. The fine kamacite needles are the only feature visible upon casual glance, as can be seen in the image. Taza is very rich in nickel (over 16%) and is also highly enriched in many of the trace elements, Co, Cu, Ga, Ge, As, W, Ir, Pt, Au. According to Prof. Wasson at UCLA, Taza is very closely related to the Butler, Missouri iron and both of these finds are members of the IAB complex which consists of 6 groups and 30 ungrouped irons (including Butler and Taza). A paper on this new grouping scheme is pending. The Taza find consists of numerous individuals totalling about 55kg and the TKW for the Butler iron was about 40kg. You can also go to Scott's website where you will find some nice specimens worth seeing and further comments: http://www.planetbreymeteorites.com/ Best wishes, Bernd ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
