Examples of Sikhote-alin Meteorites with holes


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sah10a.JPG (74913 bytes)  sah10b.JPG (69813 bytes)  10.6 grams.  Measures 34mm by 17mm by 5mm at widest points.

 

sah15a.JPG (77263 bytes)  sah15b.JPG (85905 bytes)  Shrapnel type with a nice sized hole.   15.7 grams.  Measures 36mm by 24mm by 10mm at widest points.

 

sah23a.jpg (92913 bytes)  sah23b.jpg (137896 bytes)  I just kept shaking my head in disbelief when I saw this piece.  Not only does it have a nice sized hole but it has TWO impact craters.

 sah23c.JPG (37057 bytes)  First crater was the result of a glancing blow by the impactor.  The crater rim extends out so far that you can even see it when the piece is flipped over (see left hand side of the secone photo above).

sah23d.JPG (26819 bytes)  Here is a shot of the smaller second crater.

sah23e.JPG (23993 bytes)  This photo is a closeup as referenced to the left side of the second photo at the top.  The smaller crater is shown as well as the well defined crater rim projecting out of the larger crater.

This specimen weighs 23.8 grams and measures 33mm by 28mm by 10mm.  One hole, two craters on one specimen.  In over 12 years of looking at thousands of KG of Sikhote-alin, I have never even seen a specimen with a hole and one crater, let alone TWO craters.)

 

sah26a.JPG (74690 bytes)  sah26b.JPG (52092 bytes)  26 grams.  Measures 41mm by 24mm by 14mm at widest points.

 

sah43a.JPG (34847 bytes)  sah43b.JPG (49463 bytes)  43.8 grams.  Measures 39mm by 24mm by 17mm at widest points.

 

sah60a.JPG (59620 bytes)  sah60b.JPG (78129 bytes)  60.5 grams.  Measures 29mm by 28mm by 23mm at widest points.

 

sah90a.JPG (28244 bytes)  sah90b.JPG (45868 bytes)  90.7 grams.  Measures 34mm by 27mm by 24mm at widest points.

 

sah124a.JPG (81265 bytes)  sah124b.JPG (107600 bytes)  124.7 gramsMeasures 49mm by 36mm by22mm at widest points.  This specimen actually has two holes, the second one is small and near the pointed area lower left as referenced in the second photo.

 

sah133a.JPG (76597 bytes)  sah133b.JPG (63227 bytes)  133.4 grams.  Measures 68mm by 27mm by 26mm at widest points.

 

sah199a.JPG (94176 bytes)  sah199b.JPG (82818 bytes)  199 grams.  FOUR holes in one specimen.   I have never seen that many holes in one Sikhote-alin.  Measures 87mm by 47mm by 21mm at widest points.

 

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