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The Hoba is ~ 84% iron. The Meteoritical Society records over 1200 'Iron meteorites' (FeNi-alloys) https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=&sfor=names&...
Hoba's type is Iron, IVB. It's by far the largest -of that type-.
The Cape York (from Greenland, Melville Bay) is type IIIb. (Both octahedrites.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_York_meteorite It's total weight (at least 8 large pieces) is comparable, and its story is much more interesting ... the Inuits used it to make iron-tipped weapons, which caught the explorers' eyes. http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10524...
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The Hoba is ~ 84% iron. The Meteoritical Society records over 1200 'Iron meteorites' (FeNi-alloys) https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=&sfor=names&...
Hoba's type is Iron, IVB. It's by far the largest -of that type-.
The Cape York (from Greenland, Melville Bay) is type IIIb. (Both octahedrites.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_York_meteorite It's total weight (at least 8 large pieces) is comparable, and its story is much more interesting ... the Inuits used it to make iron-tipped weapons, which caught the explorers' eyes. http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10524...