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2.1 gram part slice with an edge of crust. 20 x 18 x 1.7 mm.   EH7-an

TKW 4.72 kg. Observed fall, sort of, 1990 plus-or-minus one year, Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara.

This is the only meteorite with this classification.


 


John writes:
One side is polished and the other side still has some saw marks.
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Tracy Latimer
 5/18/2022 5:21:30 PM		 I love my fingernail sized chip of Itqiy, it's such an unusual meteorite with the many glittering bits!
John Divelbiss
 5/18/2022 1:29:51 PM		 Thanks Twink...it is interesting how Itqiy can look "a little different" up close and polished. A lot more going on than it first seems. And mentioning Jim Kreigh, it was a great pleasure to meet Jim, yourself, your husband and son at the 2004 Tucson show. I hope to get back next year if possible.
Twink Monrad
 5/18/2022 10:19:00 AM		 I am so glad that Jim Kriegh bought himself and one for me as a gift when they were first out, his daughter now has his. It is such an interesting meteorite just to see with the naked eye let alone magnified!
 

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