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LOT 2050
Natural History - Sikhote Alin Meteorite
FELL 12TH FEBRUARY 1947 A.D.
1 in. (18 grams, 25 mm).
The iron meteorite (chemical group IIAB) with a coarse octahedrite structure. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorye, Russia.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Footnotes
The Sikhote-Alin meteorite fell during daylight at 10:38 am local time on 12th February, 1947. Witnesses reported a fireball that was brighter than the sun. It came from about 15 degrees east of north and descended at an angle of 41 degrees. It left a trail of smoke and dust 20 miles long which lingered for several hours. Light and sound of the fall were observed for two hundred miles around the point of impact.
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