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Sikhote Alin Meteorite

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Sikhote Alin Meteorite

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Locality: 
Sikhote-Alin Meteorite, Paseka, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2 × 0.6 cm
Description

A lustrous specimen of the Sikhote-Alin Meteorite, a “IIAB iron meteorite” type, that fell on February 12th 1947 in the region of Eastern Siberia that gives it the name. According to Axon et al., (1981), this meteorite contains many rare minerals, such as: Brezinaite, Carlsbergite, Cohenite, Haxonite, Schreibersite and Wüstite. It is a complete meteorite, free of damages, uncut and unsawn.

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H. J. Axon, J. Kinder, C. W. Haworth and J. W. Horsfield (1981) Carlsbergite, CrN, in Troilite, FeS, of the Sikhote Alin Meteoritic Iron. Mineralogical Magazine 44:107-109.

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