Lot 1004
Meteorite Sikhote-Alin With Flow Line. This huge 9 x 6.5 x 3 inch 12.5 pound Sikhote-Alin Iron-Nickel meteorite is one of the largest Sikhote-Alin meteorites ever auctioned. It is a very attractive and most interesting example of a shrapnel type Sikhote-Alin meteorite and shows many features of the huge explosion that took place on Feb. 10, 1947 high above the Sikhote-Alin mountains of Siberia. The enormous explosion tore the meteorite into thousands of smaller pieces and knocked people off their feet several miles away from the blast. The first explosion was high up in the atmosphere and the meteorites from this initial explosion exhibit regmaglypts(thumbprints) from melting for a longer time in the earth's atmosphere. The secondary explosions occurred much closer to the ground and these meteorites show the ripping force of the explosion resulting in sharp edges and there was not enough time to form the regmaglypts. This distinctive meteorite shows signs of the explosive shearing force with many sharp edges, distinctive attractive gun metal color, metal flowing over the edges and myriads of delicate flow lines on all sides of the meteorite. These delicate flow lines are only visible because of the freshness of this fall and flow in all kinds of directions reflecting the meteorite tumbling in the atmosphere before striking the ground. With a magnifying glass delicate feather-like and crisscrossing patterns can be easily seen. This Sikhote-Alin meteorite was saved by the meteorite hunter who found it due to these special surface conditions.
Allow $35 for domestic shipping.
Estimated Value $4,250 - 5,500.
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