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Date: 05/11/2009
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Sikhote-Alin Russian Stamp

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
Views: 1240
Sikhote-Alin - 33.5 grams

Sikhote-Alin - 33.5 grams

Sikhote-Alin - 33.5 grams

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1187
Sikhote-Alin - 33.5 grams

Sikhote-Alin - 33.5 grams

Sikhote-Alin - 33.5 grams

Date: 04/20/2009
Views: 1097
Recovering the Sikhote-Alin meteorite

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
Views: 1073
Sikhote-Alin - 16.64 grams

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

Sikhote-Alin - 16.64 grams

A nice shaped stone - This was the second meteorite of the collection - Purchased in 2000

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1201
The biggest Sikhote-Alin individual piece

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
Views: 1263
Sikhote-Alin - 19.8 grams

Sikhote-Alin - 19.8 grams

Sikhote-Alin - 19.8 grams

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1289
Sikhote-Alin - 19.8 grams

Sikhote-Alin - 19.8 grams

Sikhote-Alin - 19.8 grams

Date: 04/20/2009
Views: 1163
Holding the Slovak meteorite

Holding the Slovak meteorite

The 8.22 kilogram meteorite was found in 1962 near Slovak in Prairie County, Arkansas

Date: 10/02/2009
Views: 1187
Slovak - Original Stone

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
Views: 1149
Slovak - 1.23 grams

Slovak - 1.23 grams

Our interesting part slice has been classified as an H5 chondrite

Date: 10/02/2009
Views: 1037
Tagish Lake Strewn Field

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
Views: 1050
Tagish Lake Smoke Trails

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
Views: 1200
Tagish Lake - .133 grams

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
Views: 1023
Ayacucho, Peru

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
Views: 986
Tambo Quemado - 1.24 grams

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
Views: 1072
Tambo Quemado - 1.24 grams

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
Views: 1126
Star Wars Set in Tunisia

Star Wars Set in Tunisia

Dwellings in Tatahouine, Tunisia were used for parts of the Star Wars movie saga

Date: 08/23/2009
Views: 1042
Tatahouine - 2.7 grams

Tatahouine - 2.7 grams

Our chunky sample shows greats detail and color!

Date: 08/23/2009
Views: 1021
Tatahouine - 2.7 grams

Tatahouine - 2.7 grams

Tatahouine is an HED meteorite and may have come from asteroid 4 Vesta

Date: 08/23/2009
Views: 1072
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