Lot 484
Sikhote-Alin Meteorite. Weighing approximately 2 lbs. 5 oz., and 3½ in x 3 in. x 2 in., from the Maritime Territory Russian Federated. Sikhote-Alin meteorites are coarse, Octahedrite IIB, iron meteorites. The largest shower in historical time occurred in Eastern Siberia on Feb. 12, 1947. The debris covered an elliptical area of 1.6 km and the diameter of the bolide was estimated to be 600 m. The probable mass was about 70 tons. It split into thousands of ragged fragments resembling bombshell fragments. The small area over which specimens scattered suggests that the meteorite broke up very late in the atmosphere.
Estimated Value $500 - 1,000.
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| Realized $1,234 |
