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Sixty years ago, on Feb. 12, 1947, the largest
meteorite to strike Earth in recorded history impacted
in the remote Sikhote-Alin
Mountains of Russia. Thousands of fragments totaling more than
30 metric tons of the Sikhote-Alin meteorite, a
class IIAB iron, have been recovered. Most, like the 587-gram
specimen in the photo, have distinctive shapes with lots
of regmaglypts. See
a fascinating historical documentary video of
the discovery of the crater and recovery of the meteorite.
(Photo by Randy Korotev) |
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