Iron Meteorites

 

Sikhote Alin
Fell 2/12/1947 at 10:30 am local time in Primorye, Russia.
Over 28 metric tons fell that morning in the isolated Sikhote- Alin Mountains. This meteorite is an IIAB iron meteorite with a coarsest Octahedrite structure. These meteorites exhibit's the classic regmaglypts or thumbprints caused by the ablation of material during the flight in