Nickel-iron, Iron (Var: Kamacite), Taenite
Sikhote-Alin meteorite, Paseka, Krasnoarmeysky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Large nickel-iron meteorite with a size of 3 x 3,5 cm and a weight of 40 g from the famous meteorite impact crater discovered in Sikhote-Alin, 1947. The meteorite is an iron type, thought to be core material from a planetary body.
On the picture we still see the good saved, typical melting crust (head side).
© specimen collection and photo Peter Kohorst