MARE METEORITICS
Seymchan History
Name: Seymchan
Location: Magadan District
Russia
Type: Pallasite
The meteorite has been found in a brook-bed flowing into the river of Hekandue, a left tributary of the river of Jasachnaja of the Magadan district, USSR. A 300 kilogram specimen was found in June of 1967. The larger specimen has been found by the geologist F. A. Mednikov during a geological survey. The meteorite hardly seen was lying among the stones of the brook-bed. The smaller specimen was found at a distance of 20 m from the first one by I. H. Markov with a mine detector in october 1967. The main mass was turned to the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. A total of about 351 kilograms was recovered.
This meteorite was published in the Meteoritical Society Bulletin No. 43
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