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Superb Boxed Sikhote Alin Meteorite

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Weight - 9.20 grams
Measures 2cm across

This is a beautiful Sikhote Alin Meteorite.
The Sikhote Alin fall in Siberia 1947 was a huge and devastating impact and left a huge number of beautiful iron meteorites behind.

There is a rapidly dwindling supply of these legendary meteorites. I have been many months before finding a new supply and these aren't expected to last long. Snap one up now - while you still can!

This is a lovely fragment recovered from the site - and is packed with character. When holding it you will find it very easy to imagine the huge forces that must have accompaned the fireball as it entered Earth's atmosphere then collided with the Siberian forest!
Many fragments were even found embedded in trees..!!

This is guaranteed to be a genuine meteorite - and comes nicely presented in a protective box along with a signed certificate. We will also send you an illustrated A4 meteorite information sheet. This is an ideal introduction to the amazing world of metorite collecting and would make a GREAT gift for any astronomy or natural history fan!

The Sikhote-Alin meteorite fell during daylight at 10:38 a.m. local time on February 12, 1947. Witnesses reported a fireball that was brighter than the sun. It came from out of the north -- about 15 degrees east of north and descended at an angle of 41 degrees. It left a trail of smoke and dust that was 20 miles long and lingered for several hours. Light and sound of the fall were observed for two hundred miles around the point of impact.

The speed of entry was estimated to be 14.5 kilometers per second. This is about 8.7 miles per second or 31,000 miles per hour. As the meteorite entered the atmosphere some of it began to break apart. The group of fragments fell together.

When the descending group of meteorites reached an altitude of about 3.5 miles, the largest mass apparently broke up in a violent explosion. This was a very low altitude for such an event -- about half the altitude at which passenger jets fly.

The fragments scattered over an elliptical area of about a half a square mile. The largest fragments made small craters and pits. One of these measured 85 feet across and 20 feet deep. The larger craters are located at the far end of the strewn field. Sikhote-Alin is one of the most spectacular falls of recorded history and one of a very small number of recent iron meteorite falls.