Sikhote Individual

SK348

Fusion Crusted Fragment

Fascinating Sikhote-Alin specimen: A fragmented individual or a fusion crusted fragment? Although many meteorites masses fragment before falling from the sky. This is a result of an upper atmospheric explosion: as seen on the back portion when broke along a crystal boundary when still moving long enough for the fusion crust and regmaglypts to form before plowing into the earth. On the one side pools of melted metal and the other side more jagged and broken: demonstrating extreme power of the fiery descent.

83 x 56 x 30 mm

348 g complete fragment

PPG: $2.59

$900.00

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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 Taiga 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.