Seymchan pallatite meteorite
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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Reuse
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Konstantinos Kourtidis (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
3.2 MB
Aspect
4:3
Width
3072 px
Height
2304 px
Brand
Panasonic
Model
Lumix DMC-FZ8
Exposure
19 mm f/3.2 1/15 s ISO 200
Coordinates
60.1276, 150.7983
Tint
White
Submitted
13 January 2011
Comments
Absolutely gorgeous.