AN IRON METEORITE FROM THE SIKHOTE-ALIN IMPACT, RUSSIA, 12th FEBRUARY, 1947
formed as molten mass with a pitted surface, dark sheen and coppered patches, approximately -- 2in. (5cm.) wide; 122.8g., contained in a glass display dome with legend; together with a small glass tektite sample from Lednice
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According to eyewitness accounts, the meteorite that became known as the Sikhote-Alin Meteorite left a fireball trail some 20 miles long and was brighter than the sun. It was thought to have entered the Earth's atmosphere at 30,000 miles per hour and exploded into five or six large pieces when approximately 3½ miles high, with many smaller fragments such as this one falling over a square kilometre. Tektites are glass pebbles of unknown origin and found in various parts of the world, but are probably formed by meteorite impact. This one is from Lednice in the Czech Republic.

Condition Report
as viewed.. dome in good order at time of writing..

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