{"product_id":"2-agoudal-iron-meteorite-iiab-0-546-grams","title":"Agoudal — Iron Meteorite (IIAB) (0.546 grams)","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eAgoudal is one of the more dramatic recent iron meteorite discoveries — and one tied to genuine geological mystery. First identified near the village of Agoudal in Morocco's High Atlas Mountains in 2000, small fragments sat unrecognized for over a decade before a dealer confirmed the material as an iron meteorite in 2011. A systematic search the following year turned up an extraordinary strewn field, including a 60 kg mass buried half a meter underground; total recovered weight is now estimated at 100 kg or more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eClassified as a \u003cstrong\u003eIIAB iron\u003c\/strong\u003e — a coarsest octahedrite group with the lowest nickel content of any iron meteorite class — Agoudal is composed of coarse kamacite with abundant schreibersite and rhabdite inclusions, and displays Neumann lines on etched surfaces. What makes Agoudal scientifically remarkable is its location: the strewn field sits atop Jurassic marly limestone bearing shatter cones, physical evidence of ancient impact shock. Researchers have documented this as one of the rare cases where a modern meteorite fall (dated to roughly 105,000 years ago) landed directly on the remnant of a much older impact structure — an association almost never seen in the geological record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eIndividual pieces typically show sharp, torn edges and a rich natural patina, a legacy of the violent atmospheric breakup that scattered this iron across the Atlas foothills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClassification:\u003c\/strong\u003e Iron meteorite, IIAB (coarsest octahedrite)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFound:\u003c\/strong\u003e Agoudal, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco, 2000 (main recovery 2012)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTKW:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~100 kg+\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rad Man Minerals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54326779740444,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0726\/5524\/1500\/files\/P7190207.jpg?v=1784590369","url":"https:\/\/radmanminerals.com\/products\/2-agoudal-iron-meteorite-iiab-0-546-grams","provider":"Rad Man Minerals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}