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| Sikhote-Alin | |
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thumbprinted Sikhote-Alin sample
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| Type | Iron |
| Structural classification | Coarsest octahedrite |
| Class | Magmatic |
| Group | IIAB |
| Composition | 93% Fe, 5.9% Ni, 0.42% Co, 0.46% P, 0.28 S |
| Country | Russia |
| Region | Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorye |
| Coordinates | 46°09′36″N 134°39′12″E / 46.16000°N 134.65333°E / 46.16000; 134.65333 |
| Observed fall | Yes |
| Fall date | 12 February 1947 |
| TKW | 23 MT |
| Strewn field | No |
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| Type | Class | Group |
| Chondrite | [[Carbonaceous chondrite]] | CI, CV, CM, CR, CH, CB, CK, CO, C ungrouped |
| [[Ordinary chondrite]] | H3, H4, H5, L3, LL6, etc... | |
| [[Enstatite chondrite]] | EH, EL | |
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| Achondrite | [[Primitive achondrite]] | Acapulcoite, Lodranite, Winonaite |
| [[Asteroidal achondrite]] | [[Howardite]], [[Eucrite]], [[Diogenite]], [[Aubrite]], [[Angrite]], [[Ureilite]], Brachinite | |
| [[Lunar meteorite]] | Mare basalts, Impact breccia | |
| [[Martian meteorite]] | [[Shergottite]], [[Nakhlite]], [[Chassignite]], OPX | |
| Iron | Nonmagmatic | IAB, IIE, Udei Station grouplet, Pitts grouplet, sLL, sLM, sLH, sHL, sHH |
| Magmatic | IC, IIAB, IIC, IID, IIF, IIG, IIIAB, IIIE, IIIF, IVA, IVB | |
| Stony-iron | [[Pallasite]] | Main group, Eagle Station grouplet, Pyroxene grouplet |
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