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Seymchan
Location: Magadan District
Russia
Type: Pallasite

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Seymchan
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Weight: 20.89 grams
Price: $330.00

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Seymchan
History

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Name: Seymchan
Location: Magadan District
Russia
Type: Pallasite

The meteorite has been found in a brook-bed flowing into the
river of Hekandue, a left tributary of the river of Jasachnaja
of the Magadan district, USSR. A 300 kilogram specimen was found
in June of 1967. The larger specimen has been found by the geologist
F. A. Mednikov during a geological survey. The meteorite hardly seen
was lying among the stones of the brook-bed. The smaller specimen was
found at a distance of 20 m from the first one by I. H. Markov with a mine
detector in october 1967. The main mass was turned to the Academy of
Sciences of the USSR. A total of left 351 kilograms was recovered.

This meteorite was published in the Meteoritical Society Bulletin No. 43
Check out their web site at http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/

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