Sikhote-Alin
Meteorite, tektite, or impactite
Take care.
- Breaks down in damp air: Keep it dry and in steady humidity; some crumble or rot as they take on moisture.
About it
Iron that fell as a great meteorite shower in the Russian Far East on 12 February 1947; about 23 tonnes were recovered. Pieces are either sculpted individuals with thumbprints or jagged shrapnel torn apart in the air.
- Type
- Meteorite, tektite, or impactite (iron)
- Group
- Iron meteorite, IIAB (coarsest octahedrite)
- Specific gravity
- 7.5–8
- Lustre
- metallic
- Colours
- black to bluish grey crust, silver-grey metal
- Transparency
- opaque
- Magnetic
- Strongly
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.