Hello up for sale is one of the best and highest quality Flight Shaped Individuals on the market!! This gorgeous shaped individual weighs 868.00 grams with nice flow lines and a cherry red/brown patina "HIGHEST QUALITY AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET"!!!! This meteorite was recently found in Algeria 2023. Thanks for your interest and take care. It comes with a COA card.

The meteorite exchange says:

Oriented meteorites have frozen in their shape and surface the record of their fiery passage through the Earth’s atmosphere. All meteorites arrive on the surface of our world by the same experience, but only the rare few that are stable during flight will show the marks of ablation and accumulation. These are the oriented meteorites. Some of these marks are radial flow lines, splattered material clinging to the sides behind the forward surface, and lips and ridges of melted material that has flowed as liquid back from the front.

Any type of meteorite can be an oriented one. The material is not what is important. It is the fact that only one surface remains the forward surface during the ablation part of entry flight. There are some very famous oriented stones. Martin Horejsi shared in this publication last month the Eagle’s Nest oriented meteorite which is a stone type. But, with large numbers of small irons currently available from falls such as Taza, and Sikhote Alin, offer us a portion of their numbers that are oriented. I have spent a good deal of my time at gem shows hunting through trays of these for oriented specimens.

Meteorites Australia says:

• As a meteor travels through the Earth's atmosphere, the heat generated ablates material away. If the meteor is able to achieve stable flight rather than tumbling sporadically, then the material will ablate in an even manner creating what is known as a shield or nose-cone shape. In fact, ideas for space re-entry vehicles were designed from this natural shape which tends to dissipate the high amounts of energy better. The leading side (front) and sides often have flow-lines in the surface which indicates the direction the material was being ablated. The rear edges of the trailing side can create a 'roll-over' rim or 'lip' where the ablating/melting material has started to roll-over onto the back side. Sometimes specimens will also have 'frothing' on the trailing side where the crust has literally bubbled. This is evident in the Gao-Guenie pieces below. Oriented meteorites are quite rare and can differ widely in shape and size but perfectly shaped specimens such as the 277g Australian Iron are extremely rare!!!