October 13, 2023
1.13 Gram Chelyabinsk Meteorite Crusted Individual Ready to Display. - Ch06
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Chelyabinsk Meteorite !!!!!!!!!!!! This Meteorite has spectacular features and great character! Would make a great inexpensive gift for any Meteorite Collector, Rock Hound, or SciFi Fan. Kids of all ages Love meteorites. This meteorite weighs in at 1.13 grams. Comes ready to display in labeled gem jar. Chelyabinsk 54°49’N, 61°07’E(approximate centroid) Chelyabinskaya oblast’, Russia Fell: 15 Feb 2013; 3:22 UT Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL5) History : At 9:22 a.m. (local time) on February 15, 2013, a bright fireball was seen by numerous residents in parts of the Kurgan, Tyumen, Ekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk districts. Images of the fireball were captured by many video cameras, especially in Chelyabinsk. Residents of the Chelyabinsk district heard the sound of a large explosion. The impact wave destroyed many windows in Chelyabinsk and surrounding cities. Many people were wounded by glass fragments. A part of the roof and a wall of a zinc plant and a stadium in Chelyabinsk were also damaged. Numerous (thousands) stones fell as a shower around Pervomaiskoe, Deputatsky and Yemanzhelinka villages ~40 km S of Chelyabinsk. The meteorite pieces were recovered and collected out of snow by local people immediately after the explosion. The snow cover was about 0.7 m deep. The falling stones formed holes surrounded by firm snow.
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