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sample Type Iron Structural classification Octahedrite, coarsest
Group IIAB Country Russia  Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorsky
Krai,  Far Eastern Federal District Coordinates 46°09′36″N
134°39′12″E﻿ / ﻿46.16000°N 134.65333°E﻿ / 46.16000;
134.65333Coordinates: 46°09′36″N 134°39′12″E﻿ / ﻿46.16000°N
134.65333°E﻿ / 46.16000; 134.65333[1] Observed fall Yes Fall
date February 12, 1947 TKW >28 tonnes (31 short tons)[1] (est.
70 metric tons[2]) Strewn field Yes  Sikhote-Alin is an iron
meteorite that fell in 1947 on the Sikhote-Alin Mountains in
southeastern Siberia. Though large iron meteorite falls had been
witnessed previously and fragments recovered, never before in
recorded history had a fall of this magnitude been observed.[3]
An estimated 70 tonnes (metric tons) of material survived the
fiery passage through the atmosphere an