TERRIFIC TSAREV METEORITE!!!
HIGHLY POLISHED ON ONE SIDE AND NATURAL CUT ON THE OTHER!!!
FABULOUS FIND FROM RUSSIA!!! SENSATIONAL SLICE!!!
MAGNIFICENT MATRIX!!! LOOKS LIKE A STARRY NIGHT SKY!!!
DIMENSIONS: 67.7 MM X 52.7 MM X 2.4 MM!!!
SPECIMEN WEIGHT: 19.5 GRAMS!!!
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| Basic information | Name: Tsarev This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1968 Country: Russia Mass: 1.23 t | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8641 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup | Writeup from MB 59: Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE TSAREV, USSR, STONY METEORITE Name: TSAREV Place of fall: Near Tsarev village, Volgograd district, USSR. 48°42'N., 45°42'E. Date of fall: December 6, 1922, 0700 hrs (?), found 1968, recognized 1979. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5). Number of individual specimens: 28 Total weight: 1131.7 kg Circumstances of find: Found in fields, the first few specimens were found by B.G. Nikiforov. The largest mass weighs 284 kg, the smallest 761 g. The greatest distance between the find sites was 6.0 km. Source: R.L. Khotinok, Committee on Meteorites, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR. | ||||||||||||||||
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