Important Natural History Auction 2017-07-30
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/29/2017
COMPLETE RUSSIAN METEORITE
Sikhote-Alin - iron, coarse octahedrite
Paseka, Primorskiy Kray, Siberia, Russia
With an exceptional gun-metal patina, well-defined regmaglypts, and unusual protruding peak, this is an excellent cabinet specimen from a famed fall, witnessed in the early morning skies over Siberia in 1947, approximately 2 1/2 inches wide and weighing approximately 328 grams; on a magnetic perspex display stand.
$1,200 - 1,500\n