Chelyabinsk meteorite micro individuals - 15 g

On February 15, 2013, at 18 km per second approaching Earth, the meteor, about 20 m in size, was strongly slowed by the Earth's atmosphere. The energy released caused a massive explosion whose shock wave damaged 3,700 buildings. The meteor was torn apart, so a meteor shower of thousands of pieces rained down, often only a few grams heavy, but pieces weighing several kilograms were also recovered. The Chelyabinsk meteor fall will, due to its intensity and its good video documentation, be found in every future literary meteorite work. Also, for the first time, sound recordings of a superbolide have been made. Chelyabinsk shows very different textures; the asteroid was not homogeneous. Alongside bright unshocked rock, some pieces show fine nets of shock veins, others consist entirely of dark melts and melt-breccias formed in earlier asteroid collisions.

micro individuals 15 g

the glass jar is 40 x 20 x 20 mm

International meteorite collector association member number #3503