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Type: Iron. Ataxite (ATAX)
Location: Dronino, Kasimovo-Ryazan Region, Russia

In April 2003, a previously-unknown iron meteorite was found with a total recovered weight in excess of 500 kilograms. Dronino is classified as an Ataxite, meaning a high nickel content (when compared to other iron meteorites) and no crystalline pattern when sliced and etched.

Oleg Guskov, who lives in Moscow , first found Dronino when returning home from collecting mushrooms in July 2000 near the village of Dronino . As he walked along a path leading along the edge of a forest, he noticed a rusty piece of metal sticking out of the white clay soil. The meteorite could not be dug out of the clay with a knife, so he returned with a shovel and a wheelbarrow to extract the meteorite and take it home. The specimen sat in the yard for a couple of years, splitting into three pieces. Guskov eventually took it to The Laboratory of Meteoritics in Russia, who, after analysis, determined it to be meteoritic.