Classic Sikhote Alin Meteorite 54 Gram Iron Individual Loaded W/ Thumbprints
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:31666210 | Modified Item: No |
| Item Type: Meteorites & Tektites | Country/Region of Manufacture: Russian Federation |
This Premium quality Meteorite is loaded with Thumbprints and Regmaglypts covered with Jet Black Intact Fusion Crust. Weight is 54 Grams and its Completely Loaded with Nicely Formed Classic Thumbprints on both sides. Every side is different and it has amazing views from all angles! Pristine Condition, This specimen has a Beautiful Classic Meteoric Sculpted Shape & Features of Hi Museum Quality found on less than 1% of all Sikhotes, with intact Fusion Crust. Filled with Nicely... Formed Classic Thumbprints on most Sides. This iron-nickel Sikhote Alin meteorite is from the Sikhote Alin Mountain Range in Siberia, Russia. It measures nearly 2" inches long x 1 3/4" inches wide x 3/16" thick and weighs 54 grams.
This Outstanding Sikhote is covered with Regmaglypts & Thumbprints, due to its ablative flight through the upper atmosphere. These surface features represent the softer parts of the meteorite that melted away from the heat of compressed air Facing toward impact. It Displays a completely different look at every angle!
This specimen has a Rare, Beautiful ClassicMeteoric Sculpted Shape & Features of Hi Museum Quality. Only the Top 1% of Sikhotes Look Great at every Angle and are loaded with Multiple Thumbprints. Sikhotes of this quality, loaded with numerous thumbprints everywhere, with Perfectly Smooth Intact Fusion Crust, w/ zero rust are rarely up for sale. I found this irreplaceable specimen 17 years ago, when High quality Sikhote Alins were still available.
It comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Silicate Packs to ensure it remains rust Free!
Also comes with Free Display Stand & Clear Acrylic Lexan Display Case.
This is the Best Sikhote Alin Meteorite that you will find on Ebay under $500.!!!
-Now on Sale For 3 Days Only - -Origin: Fall: February 12th, 1947Location: Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorye, Russia Weight: 54 grams!!! HistoryAt around 10:30 am on February 12, 1947, eyewitnesses in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorye, Russia, observed a large bolide brighter than the Sun that came out of the north and descended at an angle of about 41 degrees. The bright flash and the deafening sound of the fall were observed for three hundred kilometres around the point of impact not far from Luchegorsk and approximately 440 km northeast of Vladivostok. A smoke trail, estimated at 32 km long, remained in the sky for several hours.As the meteorite — traveling at a speed of about 14 km/s — entered the atmosphere, it began to break apart, and the fragments fell together. At an altitude of about 5.6 km, the largest mass apparently broke up in a violent explosion.On November 20, 1957 the Soviet Union issued a stamp for the 10th anniversary of the Sikhote-Alin meteorite shower. It reproduces a painting by P. J. Medvedev, a Russian artist who witnessed the fall: he was sitting in his window starting a sketch when the fireball appeared, so he immediately began drawing what he saw.OrbitBecause the meteorite fell during daytime, it was observed by many eyewitnesses. Evaluation of this observational data allowed V. G. Fesenkov, then chairman of the meteorite committee of the USSR Academy of Science, to estimate the meteoroid's orbit before it encountered the Earth. This orbit was ellipse-shaped, with its point of greatest distance from the sun situated within the asteroid belt, similar to many other small bodies crossing the orbit of the Earth. Such an orbit was probably created by collisions within the asteroid belt. ((( 0 Feedback History is Prohibited !!! )))
This Outstanding Sikhote is covered with Regmaglypts & Thumbprints, due to its ablative flight through the upper atmosphere. These surface features represent the softer parts of the meteorite that melted away from the heat of compressed air Facing toward impact. It Displays a completely different look at every angle!
This specimen has a Rare, Beautiful ClassicMeteoric Sculpted Shape & Features of Hi Museum Quality. Only the Top 1% of Sikhotes Look Great at every Angle and are loaded with Multiple Thumbprints. Sikhotes of this quality, loaded with numerous thumbprints everywhere, with Perfectly Smooth Intact Fusion Crust, w/ zero rust are rarely up for sale. I found this irreplaceable specimen 17 years ago, when High quality Sikhote Alins were still available.
It comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Silicate Packs to ensure it remains rust Free!
Also comes with Free Display Stand & Clear Acrylic Lexan Display Case.
This is the Best Sikhote Alin Meteorite that you will find on Ebay under $500.!!!
-Now on Sale For 3 Days Only - -Origin: Fall: February 12th, 1947Location: Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorye, Russia Weight: 54 grams!!! HistoryAt around 10:30 am on February 12, 1947, eyewitnesses in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorye, Russia, observed a large bolide brighter than the Sun that came out of the north and descended at an angle of about 41 degrees. The bright flash and the deafening sound of the fall were observed for three hundred kilometres around the point of impact not far from Luchegorsk and approximately 440 km northeast of Vladivostok. A smoke trail, estimated at 32 km long, remained in the sky for several hours.As the meteorite — traveling at a speed of about 14 km/s — entered the atmosphere, it began to break apart, and the fragments fell together. At an altitude of about 5.6 km, the largest mass apparently broke up in a violent explosion.On November 20, 1957 the Soviet Union issued a stamp for the 10th anniversary of the Sikhote-Alin meteorite shower. It reproduces a painting by P. J. Medvedev, a Russian artist who witnessed the fall: he was sitting in his window starting a sketch when the fireball appeared, so he immediately began drawing what he saw.OrbitBecause the meteorite fell during daytime, it was observed by many eyewitnesses. Evaluation of this observational data allowed V. G. Fesenkov, then chairman of the meteorite committee of the USSR Academy of Science, to estimate the meteoroid's orbit before it encountered the Earth. This orbit was ellipse-shaped, with its point of greatest distance from the sun situated within the asteroid belt, similar to many other small bodies crossing the orbit of the Earth. Such an orbit was probably created by collisions within the asteroid belt. ((( 0 Feedback History is Prohibited !!! )))
