Kumdah meteorite
Kumdah is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, that was found in Saudi Arabia in 1973.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Kumdah
- Classification
- Iron
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- Iron
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1973
- Mass recovered
- —
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Coordinates
- 20.3833° N, 45.0833° E
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about Iron meteorites.
Meteorites near Kumdah
- Alkhamasin Iron, IIAB · 32 km away
- Tathlith L6 · 180 km away
Other Iron meteorites
- Wei-hui-fu (a) · 1931
- Paulding County United States · 1901
- Lewis Cliff 88698 Antarctica · 1988
- Guadaloupe County United States · 1950
- Coldwater (iron) United States · 1923
- Xiquipilco no. 2 · 1949