Naifa meteorite
Naifa is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, that was found in Saudi Arabia in 1932. A total of 8 g was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Naifa
- Classification
- Iron
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- Iron
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1932
- Mass recovered
- 8 g
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Coordinates
- 19.9333° N, 51.2167° E
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about Iron meteorites.
Meteorites near Naifa
- ad-Dahbubah H5 · 12 km away
- Suwahib ('Ain Sala) H6 · 19 km away
- Suwahib (Buwah) H3.8-an · 25 km away
- Suwahib (Adraj) L4 · 31 km away
- Bir Hadi H5 · 61 km away
- Umm Tina L6 · 102 km away
Other Iron meteorites
- Minnesota (iron) · 1950
- Komagome Japan · 1926
- Duan China
- Aletai People's Republic of China
- Selcany Czechia · 1900
- New Mexico United States · 1935