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LOT 2449
Natural History - Sikhote-Alin Meteorite
FELL FEBRUARY 12, 1947 A.D.
1 3/8 in. (32.6 grams, 37 mm).
Classified as an iron IIAB meteorite. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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