Chelyabinsk Meteorite

Description

Ordinary Chondrite - Group LL5 - fragment of the famous meteorite fall at Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinskaya Oblast, Russia on 15 February 2013. Almost entirely covered in black matt fusion crust with only a tiny chip to reveal the underlying stone. Has regmaglypts, flow lines and lips.

Museum reference

G.2015.15.1

Collection

Natural Sciences

Object name

Chondrite, ordinary

Collection place(s)

Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, Eastern Europe

Exhibitions

• New to the National Collections, 2015 - 2016 (23 Oct 2015 - 28 Feb 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Down to Earth (10 Nov 2017 - 01 Apr 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland

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