Fell 12th February 1947 A.D. An entire piece of the the Sikhote-Alin meteorite, showing the characteristic outer surface; Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorye; held in a white card collector's tray. See The Meteoritical Society for discussion of this fall. 13 grams, 29 mm (1 1/8 in.). From the Sikhote-Alin Mountains. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Classified as an iron meteorite belonging to the chemical group IIAB and with a coarse octahedrite structure. The Sikhote-Alin meteorite fell during daylight at 10:38 am. local time on 12th February, 1947. Witnesses reported a fireball that was brighter than the sun. It came from about 15 degrees east of north and descended at an angle of 41 degrees. It left a trail of smoke and dust 20 miles long which lingered for several hours. Light and sound of the fall were observed for two hundred miles around the point of impact. [No Reserve]