Seymchan (PAL-MG)

Country:	Russia
State/District:	Magadan region
Coordinates:	62°54'N, 152°26'E
Date of fall/find:	Found 1967
Total known weight:	323.3 kg
Number of pieces:	2
Type:	Octahedrite, coarse (2.0mm), ungrouped
Mineral analyses:
Pairings:	not known
Synonyms:	not known
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 of 51kg was later found at a distance of 20 m from the first one, Met. Bull. 42, 43, Meteoritics, 1970, 5, p.97; see also, A.L.Graham et al., Cat. Met., 1985, p.323. The coordinates are of the town of Seymchan. Find circumstances, V.I.Tsvetkov, Meteoritika, 1969, 29, p.152. Illustrated description, with an analysis, 9.47% Ni, O.A.Kirova and M.I.Dyakonova, Meteoritika, 1972, 31, p.104. Further analysis, 9.15% Ni, 24.6 ppm Ga, 68.3 ppm Ge, 0.55 ppm Ir, E.R.D.Scott and J.T.Wasson, GCA, 1976, 40, p.103. Further INAA data, previously classified into the IIE group, but now designated ungrouped based on the chemical composition, J.T.Wasson and J.Wang, GCA, 1986, 50, p.725. Another analysis, A.N.Krot et al., Meteoritics, 1992, 27, p.465. Nitrogen isotopic composition, R.L.Palma et al., LPSC, 1997, 28, p.1057 (abs.); see also, K.Marti et al., MAPS, 1997, 32, p.A84 (abs.); K.J.Mathew et al., GCA, 2000, 64, p.545.

The Meteoritical Bulletin Database record for Seymchan

Specimen ID# 298Other 2 specimens of Seymchan

	Seymchan (PAL-MG)	Russia Found 1967	Very nicely polished pallasite slice! Size: 5 x 3.5 x 0.3cm Weight: 27.38gr	US$ 190.00
	Seymchan (PAL-MG)	Russia Found 1967	Beautiful slice with greenish olivines! Size: 11 x 4.5 x 0.2cm Weight: 48.26gr	US$ 950.00