COLLECTION
Meteorite Name:
Sikhote-Alin
Location:
Maritime Territory, Eastern Siberia
Classification:
IIIB (coarsest octahedrite)
Witnessed Fall:
Yes
Date and Time:
February 12, 1947 (1038 hrs)
TKW:
~ 23,000 kilograms
Remarks:
12.690 kilogram oriented individual (trailing face)
12.690 kilogram oriented individual (leading face)
12.690 kilogram oriented individual (trailing face detail)
9.04 kilogram shrapnel individual
My first meteorite: the one that got this whole mess started,
a 136.0 gram Sikhote Alin regmaglypted individual
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