Chelyabinsk meteorite mini individuals - 8 g

The meteor, approaching Earth at 18 km/s on February 15, 2013, about 20 m in size, was strongly slowed by the Earth's atmosphere. The energy released caused a massive explosion whose shockwave damaged 3700 buildings. The meteor was torn apart, so a meteor shower of thousands of pieces rained down, often meteorites weighing only a few grams, but pieces weighing several kilograms were also recovered. The Chelyabink meteorite fall will, due to its violence and its good video documentation, be found in every future literary meteorite work. Also, sound recordings of a superbolide were created for the first time. Chelyabink shows very different textures; the asteroid was not homogeneous. Besides bright unshocked rock, some pieces show fine networks of shock veins; others consist entirely of dark melts and melt breccias formed in earlier asteroid collisions.

mini individuals 8 g

the glass jar is 30 x 17 x 17 mm

International meteorite collector association member number #3503