67.32g SEYMCHAN Pallasite Spectacular Slice I Collection Specimen
On Offer: 67.32g Seymchan Pallasite Meteorite Slice
Dimensions: 123 mm x 85 mm x 2.12 mm
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| Basic information |
Name: Seymchan This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1967 Country: Russia Mass: 323.3 kg |
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| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 42 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Pallasite, PMG. [show all] Search for other: Main group pallasites, Metal-rich meteorites, and Pallasites |
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| Comments: | Reclassified van Niekerk et al. (2007) Revised 26 May 2009: Revised pallasite classifications |
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| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 43: DISCOVERY OF SEYMCHAN IRON METEORITE, USSR Name: SEYMCHAN The place of fall or discovery: The meteorite has been found in a brook-bed flowing into the river of Hekandue, a left tributary of the river of Jasachnaja of the Magadan district, USSR. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, June 1967. Class and type: IRON. Number of individual specimens: 2. Total weight: About 351 kg (about 300 kg and 51 kg). Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The larger specimen has been found by the geologist F. A. Mednikov during a geological survey. The meteorite hardly seen was lying among the stones of the brook-ebd. The smaller specimen was found at a distance of 20 m from the first one by I. H. Markov with a mine detector in october 1967. The main mass was turned to the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Source: Report of geologist F. A. Mednikov (Magadan, USSR) in a letter, VIII 15, 1967 and of V. 1. Zvetkov (Moscow, USSR) in a letter X 17, 1967. |
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