Lot 1443
6 Pound Oriented Sikhote-Alin Meteorite. This extremely large 6 x 5 x 1.75 inch, 6 pound specimen is a very attractive and most interesting example of a shrapnel type Sikhote-Alin iron-nickel meteorite. It shows many features of the huge explosions that took place on Feb. 12, 1947 in the mountains of Siberia after which it was named. This unusually large example shows many signs of the explosive shearing force with many sharp edges, lipping of the melted iron, a distinctive gun metal color, as well as dozens of flow lines on one side. Most meteorite specimens tumble as they fall and thus do not retain the flow lines of an oriented meteorite which stays stationary and melts only on one side. Only the freshest iron-nickel meteorites retain these delicate flow lines as they quickly rust away.
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Estimated Value $1,350 - 1,800.
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