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Meteorite Name: Chelyabinsk
Location: Chelyabinskaya Oblast', Russia
Classification: LL5 Ordinary Chondrite
Witnessed Fall: Yes
Date and Time: February 15, 2013 (9:22 am local)
TKW: TBD
Remarks:
Specimen found before February 19, 2013. The most spectacular fireball in over a century. Not much to add to what's already been written and recorded through video:
   
Collection Photos
 
1.895 kilogram complete individual
1.895 kilogram complete individual
 
1.895 kilogram complete individual (reverse)
1.895 kilogram complete individual (reverse)
 
1.895 kilogram complete individual in situ
1.895 kilogram complete individual in situ
 
1.895 kilogram complete individual alternate
1.895 kilogram complete individual
photo credit: Dr. Svend Buhl
 
277 gram complete individual
277 gram complete individual
photo credit: Dr. Svend Buhl
 
277 gram complete individual (reverse view)
277 gram complete individual (reverse view)
photo credit: Dr. Svend Buhl
 
277 gram complete individual (alternate view)
277 gram complete individual (alternate view)
photo credit: Dr. Svend Buhl
 
Broken face exposing a large section of melt vein
Broken face exposing a large section of melt vein
 
Shock wave damaged warehouse at the Chelyabinsk zinc plant
Shock wave damaged warehouse at the Chelyabinsk zinc plant
 
Chelyabinsk detonation captured by a motorists 'dashcam'
Chelyabinsk detonation captured by a motorists 'dashcam'
 
Twin smoke trail of the Chelyabinsk bolide
Twin smoke trail of the Chelyabinsk bolide
 
One of the thousands of shock wave shattered windows
One of the thousands of shock wave shattered windows
 
Maddie holding a Chelyabinsk specimen
Maddie holding a Chelyabinsk specimen
 

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