Sikhote-Alin Regmaglypted Meteorite - a 72.1 gram Specimen - $216 - (Tucson, AZ)
Sikhote-Alin Regmaglypted Meteorite - a 72.1 gram SpecimenMeteorite Event: February 12, 1947, 10:38 a.m. local time in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Maritime Province, Russia, about 270 miles northeast of Vladivostok. Latitude 46 degrees 9.6 minutes North, Longitude 134 degrees 39.2 minutes East. Hence the name Sikhote-Alin Meteorite.Presents a ragged, twisted surface with regmaglypts ("Thumb-print" like indentations) and a ragged, twisted surfaceData from numerous investigations of the chemical composition of the nickel-iron, troilite, chromite, and schreibersite present in the Sikhote-Alin meteorite are presented. The greatest number of elements (about 50) are found in the nickel-iron (kamacite with traces of tenite and rabdite). The Ga, Ge, and Ni content of the Sikhote-Alin meteorite places it in the chemical group IIb.Structural Class: Coarsest Octahedrite (IIB) Widmanstatten bandwidth 9 ±5 mm- per the Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data SystemDescription:Individual specimenWeighs 72.1 grams (2.5 ounces)Irregular in shape37.7 x 45.2 x 21.2 mm (1.4 x 1.7 x 0.83 inches)
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