Sikhote Alin Meteorite

SIK105

Fusion-crusted Individual

This specimen has thick black fusion-crusted with sharp edges and excellent character.  You just need to look at it to see all the regmaglypts and appeal. Can you see the little bird?

We send it out in a white box, clear lid, gold bow and numbered Certificate of Authenticity.

46 x 46 x 29 mm

105 g complete individual

$440.00

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Sikhote-Alin

Location:
  • Russia
Fell: 1947, February 12, 10:38
Group:
  • Iron
Type:
  • coarsest
  • Octahedrite
Class:
  • IIB
Total known weight: More than 23 ton

Sikhote-Alin is the largest meteorite fall of our time. The strewnfield associated with this fall is over 6 km long and occured deep in the Tiaga with more than 106 impact holes up to 28 meters in diameter. The area looked like it had been bombed; trees were ripped apart, deep holes gouged and giant scraps of metal were strewn about. The largest specimen recorded was 1,745 kg. We visited the site in 2000 and the initial strewnfield was explanded to >10 km.