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Sikhote-Alin Russian Stamp
The painting on the stamp was made by the artist Medvedev who was painting near the Iman village when unexpectedly the flaming fireball appeared in the sky - courtesy FMM, Russian Academy of Sciences
Date: 04/20/2009
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Sikhote-Alin - 33.5 grams
Sikhote-Alin - 33.5 grams
Date: 01/01/2000
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Sikhote-Alin - 33.5 grams
Sikhote-Alin - 33.5 grams
Date: 04/20/2009
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Recovering the Sikhote-Alin meteorite
At about 10:38 AM on February 12, 1947, a "monster bolide" impacted in the USSR near the town of Sikhote-Alin, north of Vladivostok - the original meteorite was estimated to weigh close to 100 tons - courtesy FMM, Russian Academy of Sciences
Date: 04/20/2009
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Sikhote-Alin - 16.64 grams
The meteorite exploded into fragments which created more than 120 pits - the largest being twenty feet deep and ninety feet in diameter
Date: 01/01/2000
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Sikhote-Alin - 16.64 grams
A nice shaped stone - This was the second meteorite of the collection - Purchased in 2000
Date: 01/01/2000
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The biggest Sikhote-Alin individual piece
It weighs about 1,745 kilograms! - courtesy FMM, Russian Academy of Sciences where the photo was taken
Date: 04/20/2009
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Sikhote-Alin - 19.8 grams
Sikhote-Alin - 19.8 grams
Date: 01/01/2000
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Sikhote-Alin - 19.8 grams
Sikhote-Alin - 19.8 grams
Date: 04/20/2009
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Holding the Slovak meteorite
The 8.22 kilogram meteorite was found in 1962 near Slovak in Prairie County, Arkansas
Date: 10/02/2009
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Slovak - Original Stone
It was ploughed up in a rice field - it is one of only fifteen approved meteorites from Arkansas
Date: 10/02/2009
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Slovak - 1.23 grams
Our interesting part slice has been classified as an H5 chondrite
Date: 10/02/2009
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Tagish Lake Strewn Field
A brilliant fireball was widely observed over the Yukon Territory and northern British Columbia on January 18, 2000 - Jim Brook recovered several dozen meteorites totaling 1 kilograms on the forzen Taku Arm of Tagish Lake
Date: 09/27/2009
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Tagish Lake Smoke Trails
The fireball was detected by satellites in Earth orbit - also the dust trails and clouds caused by terminal fragmentation events were widely observed - and fortunately they were photographed!
Date: 09/27/2009
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Tagish Lake - .133 grams
Our small fragment is classified as a carbonaceous chondrite of petrologic type 2 that is ungrouped - it contains more nanodiamonds than any other meteorite - it has a much lower density than any other type of chondrite
Date: 09/27/2009
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Ayacucho, Peru
A 130 kilogram mass was reported in 1949 by J. Ernesto Lanas del Castillo as being in the Andes Mountains - the mass - except a 108 gram slice and a 1.36 kilogram wedge (Nininger) - ended up in the Geological Museum in Lima
Date: 02/01/2010
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Tambo Quemado - 1.24 grams
Our small slice of the Nininger wedge is classified as an iron meteorite belonging to chemical group IIIAB
Date: 02/01/2010
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Tambo Quemado - 1.24 grams
One mystery concerning this meteorite is that appears to have been artificially heated to about 1000 degrees centigrade for about one hour at some point in its history
Date: 02/01/2010
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Star Wars Set in Tunisia
Dwellings in Tatahouine, Tunisia were used for parts of the Star Wars movie saga
Date: 08/23/2009
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Tatahouine - 2.7 grams
Our chunky sample shows greats detail and color!
Date: 08/23/2009
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Tatahouine - 2.7 grams
Tatahouine is an HED meteorite and may have come from asteroid 4 Vesta
Date: 08/23/2009
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