{"id":39135,"date":"2024-12-06T22:04:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T03:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geologicgallery.com\/store\/?post_type=product&#038;p=39135"},"modified":"2024-12-06T22:05:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T03:05:49","slug":"seymchan-meteorite-slice-2","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/geologicgallery.com\/store\/shop\/outer-space\/meteorites\/seymchan-meteorite-slice-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Seymchan Meteorite Slice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Seymchan<\/strong> meteorite is a rare, stony-iron meteorite that was discovered in 1967 in the Magadan district of Russia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discovery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The meteorite was found in the dry bed of the Hekandue River, a tributary of the Yasachnaya River, near the town of Seymchan. The first specimens were found by geologist F. A. Mednikov and I. H. Markov.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Classification<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The meteorite was initially classified as an iron meteorite, but was later reclassified as a pallasite after more specimens were found. Pallasites are a rare type of meteorite that contain both metal and silicate minerals, and are thought to come from the boundary between the core and mantle of asteroids.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Characteristics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2028<\/strong>Seymchan meteorites are known for their Widmanst\u00e4tten pattern, a crystalline pattern formed by the intergrowth of kamacite and taenite, two iron-nickel minerals. They are also rust-resistant due to their high iridium content.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uniqueness\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Seymchan meteorites are unique among pallasites because of their heterogeneous dispersion of olivine crystals. Some specimens are rich in olivine, while others have no olivine at all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Size\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The total weight of the two main specimens found was about 351 kg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Seymchan meteorite is a rare, stony-iron meteorite that was discovered in 1967 in the Magadan district of Russia Discovery The meteorite was found in the dry bed of the Hekandue River, a tributary of the Yasachnaya River, near the town of Seymchan. The first specimens were found by geologist F. A. Mednikov and I.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":39138,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[160,70,67],"product_tag":[],"pa_scents":[],"pa_size":[],"pa_sizes-available":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-39135","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-holiday-treasures","7":"product_cat-meteorites","8":"product_cat-outer-space","9":"description-off","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"taxable","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geologicgallery.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/39135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geologicgallery.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geologicgallery.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geologicgallery.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geologicgallery.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geologicgallery.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=39135"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geologicgallery.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=39135"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geologicgallery.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=39135"},{"taxonomy":"pa_scents","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geologicgallery.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pa_scents?post=39135"},{"taxonomy":"pa_size","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geologicgallery.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pa_size?post=39135"},{"taxonomy":"pa_sizes-available","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geologicgallery.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pa_sizes-available?post=39135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}