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4123 grams.   Iron, IIAB

TKW 23 MT. Observed fall 12 February 1947, Primorskiy kray, Russia.

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Stephan writes:

My biggest mistake in my decades of collecting meteorites was selling this Sikhote-Alin (IIAB). I suffered badly emotionally for two years. However, I have now bought this meteorite back for almost double the price. For this, I also had to go into debt that I do not regret.

Why I would like to introduce this oriented 4 kg heavy meteorite to you again is the beauty of its really almost intact melt crust. Not brushed off or rusted away, as is the case with other Sikhote-Alin individuals. Flow marks, flowlines, bubbles, roughness of the back with flow marks and the softness of the front with the flow structures can be seen everywhere at almost every point.

My pictures from that time on this portal did not show you this, they were all bad pictures. In all the years I haven't seen a comparable individual. So now - these pictures are for your enjoyment. If you zoom in on these images you can see most of what I mentioned earlier.