Meteorite - LL5 Chelyabinsk

Up for sale amazing look, stone meteorite, chodnrite LL5 SR4 from fresh fall Chelyabinsk Russia , official name from fall 15.02.2013. This one is oriented 77.0 g weight, great black primary fusion crust.

History: At 9:22 a.m. (local time) on February 15, 2013, a bright fireball was seen by numerous residents in parts of the Kurgan, Tyumen, Ekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk districts. Images of the fireball were captured by many video cameras, especially in Chelyabinsk. Residents of the Chelyabinsk district heard the sound of a large explosion. The impact wave destroyed many windows in Chelyabinsk and surrounding cities. Many people were wounded by glass fragments. A part of the roof and a wall of a zinc plant and a stadium in Chelyabinsk were also damaged. Numerous (thousands) stones fell as a shower around Pervomaiskoe, Deputatsky and Yemanzhelinka villages ~40 km S of Chelyabinsk. The meteorite pieces were recovered and collected out of snow by local people immediately after the explosion. The snow cover was about 0.7 m deep. The falling stones formed holes surrounded by firm snow.

Country Russia
Locality Chelyabinsk
Dimensions 6,4x5,0x3,7 cm
Weight 77.0g