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4: Sikhote-Alin

When this massive iron meteor roared out of the sky in February of 1947, witnesses said it was brighter than the sun. And when an explosion ripped it apart as it fell to earth, it rained down fragments across a half-mile square in the Sikhote-Alin mountains in Siberia.

The entry and explosion were visible as far as two hundred miles away. Over the years, meteorite hunters have descended on the area in search of the distinctive, slightly metallic, pock-marked, twisted and curved iron speciments.

Smaller Sikhote-Alin fragments are still selling today. Get yours while they last.

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