Registry:	AB731
Mineral Name:	Seymchan
Source:	Siberia, Russia
Mineral Size:	102.9g
Sale Price:	$1,595.00
Description:

From Meteoritical Bulletin #43:

DISCOVERY OF SEYMCHAN IRON METEORITE, USSR

Name: SEYMCHAN

The place of fall or discovery: 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.

Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, June 1967.

Class and type: IRON.

Number of individual specimens: 2.

Total weight: About 351 kg (about 300 kg and 51 kg).

Circumstances of the fall or discovery:
A meteorite was found in a stream bed of the Yasachnaya River by a geologist, F.A. Mednikov about 150km far from Seymchan. The triangular mass weighed 272.3kg. A further search in the area using a metal detector led to the find of another mass of 51kg.
In 2004, an expedition to the initial site led to the discovery of additional masses for a total of about 50kg. Many of them were remarkable as they contained silicates with a pallasitic texture, similar to the one contained in pallasites like Brenham or Glorietta Mountain.

Excellent part slice, expertly polished and etched, with bright multi-colored olivine crystals.

About 159 x 88 x 2mm.