Seymchan IIE Iron/Pallasite PMG Meteorite Slice Widmanstatten Pattern
Weight: 9.10 Grams
Measurements: 27.30mm x 26.88mm x 4.64mm
Location: Magadan District, Russia. 62º 54' N, 152º 26' E
Found: 1967.
Type: Iron, IIE, Coarse Octahedrite; bandwidth 2.0mm, with pallasite (main group) portions.
Description: A mass of 272.3kg was found in the bed of a stream flowing into the river Hekandue, a tributary of the Jasachnaja; a second mass, 50kg, was found later. The coordinates are of the town of Seymchan. Analysis: 9.15% Ni, 24.6 ppm Ga, 68.3 ppm Ge, 0.55 ppm Ir. (From Catalogue of Meteorites (2000)). In 2004, Russian meteorite hunters recovered more pieces including parts that are pallasite.