Lot 989
Meteorite From Biggest Strike Since 1907. On February 15, 2013 a large 8-10 ton 50 foot long meteor exploded 10-15 miles above the ancient city of Chelyabinsk, More than 95% of the recovered meteorites are extremely small, less than 3 grams in weight. This beautiful fresh 40 x 18 x 10 mm complete stony meteorite designated as a LL5 SR4 weighs 14.1 grams LL5 SR4 means that it has a low iron content of about 10% which is low even for a stony meteorite. This meteorite fragment is very interesting in that it has two different fusion crusts. The top has a thick dark brown fusion crust that formed high in the earth's atmosphere when the meteorite first broke up and the bottom side has a much thinner black fusion crust that started to form after the final tremendous explosion and did not have enough time to become thick. The small sections that are not covered by fusion crust offera window inside of the meteorite displaying its light gray matrix mixed with specks of iron and beige dn brown chondrules It is not possible to obtain a fresher meteorite and it is very valuable for study in that there has been no contamination with Earth rocks and erosion. Comes housed in a 8X6 inch Riker mount with a photo of the explosion. $525 - 700
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