Specimen Record
TC-00039
Seymchan · Pallasite, PMG · 308.40 g
This page is the permanent record for the specimen bearing serial TC-00039. It is issued by Treasure Coast Meteorite Co. as a reference for present and future owners.
Identification
Classification
Pallasite, PMG
Classification history
Meteoritical Bulletin 43 (1968): Iron. NHM Catalogue, 5th Edition (2000): IIE. MetBase, v. 7.1 (2006): Iron-ung. Recommended: Pallasite, PMG. The Bulletin database records the reclassification against van Niekerk et al. (2007), with a revision dated 26 May 2009 covering revised pallasite classifications.
Form
Full slice, mirror polished both faces, light epoxy coating, not etched
Find location
Magadanskaya oblast, Russia. Recorded coordinates 62° 54'N, 152° 26'E. Found 1967.
Classification record
Published in
Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 43, Moscow (1968), reprinted Meteoritics 5, 85 to 109 (1970)
Total known weight
323.3 kg as recorded in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database. The Bulletin 43 writeup of 1968 records about 351 kg for the two masses known at that time, in pieces of about 300 kg and 51 kg. Further masses were recovered at the locality from 2004 onward, as reported in van Niekerk et al. (2007). The database notes that its recorded masses are not authoritative and may be rounded.
Approved count
One of 79 approved meteorites classified as Pallasite, PMG, as recorded in the Meteoritical Bulletin database in September 2026.
Provenance
The Meteoritical Bulletin writeup records the meteorite as found in a brook bed flowing into the river Hekandue, a left tributary of the river Jasachnaja, in the Magadan district. Two individual specimens were recovered. The larger was found in June 1967 by the geologist F. A. Mednikov during a geological survey, lying among the stones of the brook bed. The smaller was found at a distance of 20 m from the first by I. H. Markov with a mine detector in October 1967. The writeup records that the main mass was turned over to the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. The Bulletin entry does not name a holder for the material this specimen was cut from. This specimen was acquired by Treasure Coast Meteorite Co. and prepared as a full slice, mirror polished on both faces and given a light epoxy coating as a moisture barrier. It has not been acid etched.
Photographic record
Photographs of this specimen are in preparation and will be added to this record. Until they appear here, this record should be read as stating classification and weight only.
On verification. The serial number on the accompanying certificate card is an index to this record. The stated weight and the photographs held on this record are what identify this specimen. Meteorite surfaces, clast patterns and cut faces are individual to each stone, so a specimen can be compared directly against the record photographs and weighed against the figure recorded here to two decimal places.
Record issued by Treasure Coast Meteorite Co., IMCA Member #3323, Hobe Sound, Florida.
Issued 4 September 2026. Classification data reproduced from the Meteoritical Bulletin entry cited above.
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