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Khatyrka
Khatyrka
	High-resolution electron-microscopy image of natural Al71Ni24Fe5 quasicrystal found in the Khatyrka meteorite.
Type	Chondrite
Class	CV3
Country	Russia
Region	Chukotka
Coordinates	62°39′11″N 174°30′2″E / 62.65306°N 174.50056°E
Observed fall	No
Found date	2011
TKW	0.1 g
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Khatyrka (Russian: метеорит Хатырка) is a meteorite found in 2011 in the valley of the Iomrautvaam, a tributary of the Khatyrka river, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. It is a CV3 (oxidized) chondrite meteorite.

History

The meteorite had fallen in the Iomrautvaam river basin at 62°39′11″N 174°30′02″E / 62.65306°N 174.50056°E / 62.65306; 174.50056 and was discovered during an expedition to Chukotka in July 2011. Nine small pieces were found, each less than 1 mm in size, buried in a 7,000-year-old layer of dirt. It was named Khatyrka meteorite.^[2]^[3]

Three representative fragments were deposited at the Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.

^ Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Khatyrka
^ Khatyrka meteorite, Iomrautvaam - Mindat.org
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