Meteoric iron, sometimes
meteoritic iron, is a
native metal found in
meteorites and made from the elements
iron and
nickel mainly in the form of the
mineral phases
kamacite and
taenite. Meteoric iron makes up the bulk of
iron meteorites but is also found in other meteorites. Apart from minor amounts of
telluric iron, meteoric iron is the only naturally occurring native metal of the element iron on the Earth's surface.