Lot 624
Large 433 Gram Shrapnel Type Sikhote-Alin Iron Nickel Meteorite. 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 the Earth. These meteorites are the best preserved of all the known major falls. There are two different types of meteorites from this fall, meteorites with regmaglypts and shrapnel type meteorites that resulted from a second explosion much closer to the ground. This 3 X 2 inch 433 gram (nearly one pound) light silver meteorite is a splendid representative of the shrapnel type with sharp edges, signs of melting around the edges and many parallel flow lines from the melting metal caused by the high temperatures passing through the Earth's atmosphere. Parallel flow lines are seldom found on iron-nickel meteorites that fell hundreds or thousands of years ago do to rusting on the Earth's surface. Estimated Value $700 - UP
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