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Sikhote-Alin Meteorite — Fascinating Hybrid Example
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Sikhote-Alin Meteorite — Fascinating Hybrid Example
Iron, coarse octahedrite
Maritime Territory, Siberia
As previously indicated, there are two distinct types of Sikhote-Alin meteorites: ripped-shrapnel fragments resulting from the low-altitude explosion of a giant mass and individual meteorites possessing the telltale thumbprints of a solitary descent through Earth’s atmosphere. The specimen offered here is...
Iron, coarse octahedrite
Maritime Territory, Siberia
As previously indicated, there are two distinct types of Sikhote-Alin meteorites: ripped-shrapnel fragments resulting from the low-altitude explosion of a giant mass and individual meteorites possessing the telltale thumbprints of a solitary descent through Earth’s atmosphere. The specimen offered here is...
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