[meteorite-list] Sikhote-Alin 'Impact Pit' Pics
Kashuba, Ontario, California
mary.kashuba at verizon.net
Sun Jul 9 12:35:09 EDT 2006
Jason and List,
Thanks for sharing. I like craters. Here you may see a really small Franconia iron with nice craters that the finder was so kind to let me have:
http://www.johnkashuba.com/Pages/Meteorite%20Pages/Topics/FranconiaIronCratered.htm
- John
John Kashuba
Ontario, California
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From: Jason Utas
To: Meteorite-list
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 8:43 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Sikhote-Alin 'Impact Pit' Pics
Hello All,
After a bit of work on his part, and no fewer than thirty-seven emails that did or didn't get to wherever they were supposed to go (we may never know what gets lost within the bowels of the internet...), Jeff Kuyken was able to get a number of pics of cratered Sikhotes up onto his site.
They're of seven Sikhote-Alins in our collection (viz., my father's and my collection), which display pits on leading edges, trailing edges, non-oriented irons, and in a fairly wide range of sizes.
Enjoy!
7.9g
Oriented.
Crater on trailing edge.
Diameter of crater is 3mm with a depth of ~1.5mm.
Upraised rim, and small bump visible in the bottom of the pit itself.
http://www.meteorites.com.au/images/sa1.jpg
54.6g
Not oriented.
Crater is approximately 2.5mm across and about 2mm deep.
Upraised rim.
http://www.meteorites.com.au/images/sa5.jpg
77.7g
Not oriented.
Crater has a 2mm diameter and a 1/2mm depth.
Clear upraised rim.
Second best crater of the lot.
http://www.meteorites.com.au/images/sa3.jpg
http://www.meteorites.com.au/images/sa7.jpg
17.9g
Not oriented.
Crater is 3mm in diameter and ~1.5-2mm deep.
Thin upraised rim.
http://www.meteorites.com.au/images/sa4.jpg
http://www.meteorites.com.au/images/sa6.jpg
21.6g
Not oriented.
At least 5+mm in diameter and 4mm deep.
Large rim, up to 1mm thick on one side.
http://www.meteorites.com.au/images/sa8.jpg
47.4g
Oriented
Crater on the leading edge.
The crater is 2.5mm in diameter and 1.5mm deep.
Big rim, by far the best crater of the lot.
http://www.meteorites.com.au/images/sa9.jpg
http://www.meteorites.com.au/images/sa10.jpg
http://www.meteorites.com.au/images/sa12.jpg
101.2g
Oriented, crater just off dead-center on the leading edge.
Diameter = 4mm
Depth = 2mm
Upraised rim, small bump in the center of the floor of the crater, visible even in this wide-shot.
http://www.meteorites.com.au/images/sa11.jpg
And here's a picture of all of the Sikhotes together; the order from left to right, back row to front.
3, 2, 1,
6, 5, 4,
7
http://www.meteorites.com.au/images/sa2.jpg
Best Regards,
Jason
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