Seymchan pallatite meteorite
by Konstantinos Kourtidis, Demokritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece
The Seymchan pallatite meteorite was found in the dry bed of river Hekandue in the Magadan district, Russia. The main mass of around 270 kg was found in June 1967 by the geologist F. A. Mednikov during a survey. This piece is exhibited in the Museum Reich der Kristalle in Munich, Germany.
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- Europe (3707)
- Eastern Europe (446)
- Russian Federation (220)
- Exact location (150.7983 E, 60.1276 N)
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Submitted on 13 January 2011
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Konstantinos Kourtidis (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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Jay Kim 12 years, 5 months ago
Absolutely gorgeous.