Country: Russia
State/District: Maritime Territory
Co-ordinates: 46°9'36"N 134°39'12"E
Date of fall: 1947, February 12 1038hrs UT
Total known weight: 23000 kg
Number of pieces: >8500
Type: Iron. Coarsest octahedrite (9mm)
Pairings: not known
Synonyms: Sichote-Alin; Sichote-Alinsky; Sihote-Alin; Sikhote Alin; Sikhote-Alinskii; Silkhote Alin; Ussuri
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A shower of fireballs fell in thick forest in the Sikhote-Alin Mts., 25 miles from Novopoltavka, Maritime Province, producing 106 impact holes, the largest 28 m across, over an area of 1100 x 660 m, and many fragments, up to 300kg in weight, totalling over 23,000kg, were found scattered inside and outside the craters, M.H.Hey, Cat. Met., 1966, p.449. Description, with an analysis, V.G.Fesenkov, Astron. Zurnal, 1947, 24, p.302 (M.A.10-399). Description, A.A.Yavnel, Doklady Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1948, 60, p.1381 (M.A.10-399). Mentioned, E.L.Krinov, Meteoritika, 1949, 5, p.49, E.L.Krinov and S.S.Fonton, Meteoritika, 1952, 10, p.74 (M.A.12-250), A.A.Yavnel, Meteoritika, 1956, 14, p.87 (M.A.13-358). Study of fusion crust, Y.D.Kozmanov et al., Meteoritika, 1968, 28, p.60. Analysis, 5.87% Ni, 51.8 ppm Ga, 161 ppm Ge, 0.029 ppm Ir, J.T.Wasson, GCA, 1969, 33, p.859. Be-10 data, cosmic-ray exposure age, C.Chang and H.Wänke, Meteorite Research, ed. P.M.Millman, D.Reidel, Dordrecht-Holland, 1969, p.397. K-Ar ages, W.Kaiser and J.Zähringer, Meteorite Research, ed. P.M.Millman, D.Reidel, Dordrecht, Holland, 1969, p.429. Description of individual pits and craters, V.I.Nekrasov and V.I.Tzvetkov, Meteoritika, 1970, 30, p.28. Illustrated descriptions of the 1967-1970 expeditions to the site, E.L.Krinov, Meteoritics, 1971, 6, p.127, E.L.Krinov, Meteoritika, 1972, 31, p.62. Nitrogen abundance, E.K.Gibson and C.B.Moore, GCA, 1971, 35, p.877. Exposure ages of different fragments, E.M.Kolesnikov et al., GCA, 1972, 36, p.573. Uranium distribution, L.I.Genaeva et al., Meteoritika, 1972, 31, p.137. Cosmogenic nuclides, A.K.Lavrukhina et al., Meteoritika, 1972, 31, p.151. Hg abundance, N.A.Ozerova et al., GCA, 1973, 37, p.569. Fragmentation study, E.L.Krinov, Meteoritics, 1974, 9, p.255. Chromite structure, N.I.Zaslavskaya and L.G.Kvasha, Meteoritika, 1974, 33, p.117. Magnetic study, E.S.Gorshkov et al., Meteoritics, 1975, 10, p.9. Metallographic description; unannealed, V.F.Buchwald, Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Univ. of California, 1975, p.1123. Magnetic properties, E.S.Gorshkov et al., Meteoritics, 1975, 10, p.9. Compilation of major and trace element abundances, A.A.Yavnel, Meteoritika, 1975, 34, p.21. Metallographic and magnetic properties, R.M.Fisher et al., Mem. Nat. Inst. Polar Res., Tokyo, 1980, (17), p.276. Contains carlsbergite, H.J.Axon et al., Min. Mag., 1981, 44, p.107. Nitrogen, Li-6 and Co abundances in acid resistant phases, S.V.S.Murty et al., GCA, 1983, 47, p.1061. References, A.L.Graham et al., Cat. Met., 1985, p.327. Trace elements in phases, H.H.Weinke et al., Mem. Nat. Inst. Polar Res., Tokyo, 1986, (41), p.314. Mn-53 data, V.A.Alexeev et al., LPSC, 1987, 18, p.17 (abs.). Composition of mineral phases and oxygen isotopic composition of chromite, L.V.Moroz et al., LPSC, 1988, 19, p.809 (abs.). Re-Os isotopic composition, T.Hirata and A.Masuda, Meteoritics, 1992, 27, p.569. Nitrogen isotopic composition, C.A.Prombo and R.N.Clayton, GCA, 1993, 57, p.3749. Xe and Kr isotopes in schreibersite, troilite, and rhabdite inclusions, Y.A.Shukolyukov et al., Geochem. Internat., 1994, 31 (5), p.1. Mapping of light elements by SIMS, N.Sugiura, Papers 21st Symp. Ant. Met., NIPR Tokyo, 1996, p.161 (abs.). Ge isotopic composition, T.Hirata, GCA, 1997, 61, p.4439. TEM study of kamacite, V.I.Grokhovsky et al., MAPS, 1998, 33, p.A64 (abs.). Cosmogenic radionuclides in large samples, M.Honda et al., MAPS, 1998, 33, p.A70 (abs.). Study of scattered ablation dust, C.A.Lorenz, MAPS, 1998, 33, p.A95 (abs.). Report of impact-produced surface craters on smaller specimens, J.F.McHone and M.Killgore, MAPS, 1998, 33, p.A101 (abs.). Ion probe analysis of carbon and nitrogen distribution in kamacite and roaldite, N.Sugiura, MAPS, 1998, 33, p.393.
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