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Lot 2383

Unique Sikhote-Alin Shrapnel

7 December 2021, 10:00 PST
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Unique Sikhote-Alin Shrapnel

Iron-Nickel
Sikhote-Alin, Siberia, Russia

On February 12, 1947, a series of loud explosions over the Sikhote-Alin mountain range in Siberia announced the arrival of the most recent large iron-nickel meteorite to strike Earth. These meteorites are the best preserved of all the known major falls. There are two different types of meteorites from this fall, those with regmaglypts and the shrapnel type meteorites which resulted from a second explosion much closer to the ground. Weighing over one pound, the present specimen is a marvelous example of the shrapnel type, exhibiting sharp edges, signs of melting around the edges and parallel flow lines from the melting metal caused by the high temperatures passing through Earth's atmosphere. Parallel flow lines are seldom found on iron-nickel meteorites that fell hundreds or thousands of years ago due to rusting on the Earth's surface. Weighing approximately 481.7 grams and measuring 3 x 2 ¾ x 1 in

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